Coral mass bleaching and reef temperatures at Navassa Island, 2006

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-50

  Miller, M W ^a   Piniak, G A ^b   Williams, D E ^a,c  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleaching prediction; Caribbean; Climatology; Depth; Prevalence; Species susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; CORAL BLEACHING; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; WARMING; WATER DEPTH; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NAVASSA;

ACROPORA PALMATA; AGARICIA; ANTHOZOA; DIPLORIA; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; PORITES ASTREOIDES; PORITES PORITES;

EID: 78650301941     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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