Crustose coralline algal diseases in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 943-956

  Vargas Ángel, Bernardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

CLOD; Crustose coralline algae; Disease; Fungal disease; U.S. Pacific

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISPERSAL; ETIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; RED ALGA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78649319281     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0646-x     Document Type: Article

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