Recovery from the 2004 coral bleaching event in the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 587, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Donner, Simon D ^a   Kirata, Taratau ^b   Vieux, Caroline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resource Development   (Kiribati)

^c Coral Reef Initiatives for the Pacific ^*  (Samoa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; EL NINO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER; TAXONOMY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

GILBERT ISLANDS; KIRIBATI; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; HELIOPORA COERULEA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES; PORITES RUS; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 79953143236     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.587     Document Type: Article

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