Spatial and temporal patterns of coral bleaching around buck island reef national monument, st croix, U.S. virgin ISLANDS

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-182

  Clark, Randall ^a   Jeffrey, Christopher ^a   Woody, Kimberly ^a   Hillis Starr, Zandy ^b   Monaco, Mark ^a  

^a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BUCK ISLAND; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

AGARICIA; ANTHOZOA; DENDROGYRA CYLINDRUS; EUSMILIA; GORGONIA; MUSSA ANGULOSA; MYCETOPHYLLIA ALICIAE; SCOLYMIA;

EID: 62949182369     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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