Catastrophe and the life span of coral reefs

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Aronson, Richard B ^a   Precht, William F ^b   MacIntyre, Ian G ^c   Toth, Lauren T ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Coral bleaching; Coral disease; Coral reef; Earthquake; Paleoecology; Resilience; Sponges; Submarine avalanche; T50

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVALANCHE; BENTHOS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DAMAGE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISTURBANCE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LIFE HISTORY; PALEOECOLOGY; SLOPE FAILURE; SPONGE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORAL REEF; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84860237355     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1037.1     Document Type: Article

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