Stony corals in Dominica during the 2005 bleaching episode and one year later

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue , 2008, Pages 139-148

  Steiner, S C C ^a   Kerr, J M ^a  

^a Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology Inc (ITME)   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Dominica; Mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954067051     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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