Catastrophic coral mortality in the remote central pacific Ocean: Kirabati Phoenix Islands

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 551, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Alling, Abigail ^a   Doherty, Orla ^a   Logan, Heather ^a   Feldman, Lindsey ^a   Dustan, Phillip ^b  

^a Planetary Coral Reef Foundation   (United States)

^b Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ATOLL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; FISHING EFFORT; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 70349501668     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.551.1     Document Type: Article

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