Coral mortality associated with thermal fluctuations in the Phoenix Islands, 2002-2005

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-619

  Obura, D ^a,b   Mangubhai, S ^c  

^a CORDIO East Africa ^*  (Kenya)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Pacific; Coral bleaching; Degree heating weeks; Inter annual variability; Sea surface temperature; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEATING; ISLAND; LAGOON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURVEY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

KIRIBATI; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79961024770     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0741-7     Document Type: Article

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