Linkages between coral assemblages and coral proxies of terrestrial exposure along a cross-shelf gradient on the southern Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 887-903

  Jupiter, S ^a,b,c,d   Roff, G ^c   Marion, G ^c   Henderson, M ^c   Schrameyer, V ^c   McCulloch, M ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, O ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d WCS South Pacific Country Program   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Barium; Coral assemblage; Disturbance frequency; Luminescence; Nitrogen isotope; Porites

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARRIER REEF; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LUMINESCENCE; MACROALGA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RUNOFF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; APOIDEA; PORITES;

EID: 55349099829     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0422-3     Document Type: Article

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