Rapid increase in coral cover on an isolated coral reef, the Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve, north-western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1214-1220

  Ceccarelli, D M ^a,d   Richards, Z T ^a,b,e   Pratchett, M S ^b   Cvitanovic, C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Population and Communities ^*  (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcyoniina; coral bleaching; coral recovery; resilience; Scleractinia; temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURE RESERVE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS; ASHMORE ISLANDS; ASHMORE REEF NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 80054110935     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11013     Document Type: Article

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