Reef status in the Rasfari region (North Malé Atoll, Maldives) five years before the mass mortality event of 1998

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-264

  Morri, Carla ^a   Aliani, Stefano ^b   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

coral communities; coral cover; crown of thorns starfish; Indian Ocean, Maldives; non taxonomic descriptors; recovery

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; GROWTH FORM; MASS MORTALITY; REEF FORMATION; TAXONOMY;

MALDIVES;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 72449159689     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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