Acropora abundance and size in the Maldives six years after the 1998 mass mortality: Patterns across reef typologies and depths

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 919-922

  Lasagna, Roberta ^a   Albertelli, Giancarlo ^a   Morri, Carla ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bleaching; coral mortality; coral reefs; Maldives; tabular Acropora

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; MASS MORTALITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW WATER; SURVIVAL; TYPOLOGY;

MALDIVES;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77958450482     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000020     Document Type: Article

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