Modeling patterns of coral bleaching at a remote Central Pacific atoll

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1467-1476

  Williams, Gareth J ^a   Knapp, Ingrid S ^a   Maragos, James E ^b   Davy, Simon K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

2009 ENSO; Modeling coral bleaching; Palmyra Atoll; Sand cover; Temperature; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

2009 ENSO; BACKGROUND TEMPERATURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL MORPHOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS; PALMYRA ATOLL; RE-DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BLEACHING; TURBIDITY;

CLEANING;

ACCLIMATION; CORAL BLEACHING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MORPHOLOGY; SHORELINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PROCESS MODEL; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

LINE ISLANDS; PALMYRA ATOLL;

ANTHOZOA; PALMYRA;

EID: 77956010912     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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