A connection between colony biomass and death in Caribbean reef-building corals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Thornhill, Daniel J ^a,i   Rotjan, Randi D ^b   Todd, Brian D ^c   Chilcoat, Geoff C ^d   Iglesias Prieto, Roberto ^e   Kemp, Dustin W ^d   LaJeunesse, Todd C ^f   Reynolds, Jennifer McCabe ^d   Schmidt, Gregory W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Shannon, Thomas ^g   Warner, Mark E ^h   Fitt, William K ^d  

^a Defenders of Wildlife   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Tulane University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

ⁱ BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA PALMATA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BIOMASS; BLEACHING; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEXICO; MONTASTRAEA; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; SYMBIODINIUM; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CENTRAL AMERICA; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CARIBBEAN REGION; SEASONS;

EID: 84055172789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029535     Document Type: Article

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