Elevated sea surface temperature during May 2010 induces mass bleaching of corals in the Andaman

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-117

  Krishnan, P ^a   Dam Roy, S ^a   George, Grinson ^a   Srivastava, R C ^a   Anand, A ^b   Murugesan, S ^a   Kaliyamoorthy, M ^a   Vikas, N ^c   Soundararajan, R ^d  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c Dive India Ltd   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Climate change; Coral reefs; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78651453824     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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