Bleaching of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2243-2250

  McMurray, Steven E ^a   Blum, James E ^a   Leichter, James J ^b   Pawlik, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; BODY SIZE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; SEAWATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPONGE; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CONCH REEF; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; KEY LARGO; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; PORIFERA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; XESTOSPONGIA; XESTOSPONGIA MUTA;

EID: 84857751027     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2243     Document Type: Article

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