Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity of recent sea surface temperature trends in the Caribbean Sea and southeast Gulf of Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 956-965

  Chollett, Iliana ^a,b   Müller Karger, Frank E ^c   Heron, Scott F ^d,e   Skirving, William ^d   Mumby, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NOAA Coral Reef Watch   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AVHRR pathfinder; Remote sensing; Spatial variability; Trend detection

Indexed keywords

AVHRR PATHFINDER; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; RATE OF CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TREND DETECTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AVHRR; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CARRIBEAN SEA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GULF OF MEXICO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WARMING; WINTER;

CARIBBEAN REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL WARMING; MEXICO; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT;

EID: 84860328019     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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