Macroalgae in the coral reefs of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea) as a possible indicator of reef degradation

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-764

  Bahartan, Karnit ^a   Zibdah, Mohammad ^b   Ahmed, Yousef ^b   Israel, Alvaro ^c   Brickner, Itzchak ^a   Abelson, Avigdor ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Marine Science Station   (Jordan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Degradation; Eilat; Red Sea; Rhodophyta; Turf algae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEFS; MACRO-ALGAE; RED SEA; REEF DEGRADATION; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; RHODOPHYTA; STATE OF HEALTH;

ALGAE; DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

REEFS;

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ISRAEL; MACROALGA; RED ALGA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHAEOPHYTA; PHOTOGRAPHY; RHODOPHYTA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EILAT; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; RHODOPHYTA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77952950397     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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