Recurrent disturbances, recovery trajectories, and resilience of coral assemblages on a South Central Pacific reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 775-780

  Adjeroud, M ^a,b   Michonneau, F ^a,c   Edmunds, P J ^d   Chancerelle, Y ^b   de Loma, T Lison ^b   Penin, L ^a,e   Thibaut, L ^e,f   Vidal Dupiol, J ^a   Salvat, B ^a,b   Galzin, R ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coral; Cyclone; Moorea; Phase shift; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES;

EID: 70350000096     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0515-7     Document Type: Note

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