Contrasting patterns of coral bleaching susceptibility in 2010 suggest an adaptive response to thermal stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Guest, James R ^a,h   Baird, Andrew H ^b   Maynard, Jeffrey A ^c   Muttaqin, Efin ^d   Edwards, Alasdair J ^e   Campbell, Stuart J ^d   Yewdall, Katie ^f   Affendi, Yang Amri ^g   Chou, Loke Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f BLUE VENTURES CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POCILLOPORA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; SCLERACTINIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857952499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033353     Document Type: Article

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