Variation in Acropora palmata bleaching across benthic zones at Buck Island Reef National Monument (St. Croix, USVI) during the 2005 thermal stress event

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-451

  Lundgren, Ian ^a   Hillis Starr, Zandy ^a  

^a Buck Island Reef National Monument   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BUCK ISLAND REEF NATIONAL MONUMENT; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 56649098901     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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