Coral health and disease assessment in the U.S. pacific remote ISLAND areas

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-227

  Vargas Ángel, Bernardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PIGMENT; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CYTHEREA; ACROPORIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; GONIASTREA; MONTIPORA; PALMYRA; PLATYGYRA; PORITIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 63149133247     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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