Distribution and drivers of coral disease at Ningaloo reef, Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 433, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-84

  Onton, Kimberly ^a   Page, Cathie A ^b   Wilson, Shaun K ^a,c   Neale, Stephen ^d   Armstrong, Shannon ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b University of Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral Bay; Coral disease; Drupella; Ningaloo Marine Park

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL RECORD; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; SNAIL;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; DRUPELLA;

EID: 79960523741     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09156     Document Type: Article

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