Spatial and temporal variations in coral growth on an inshore turbid reef subjected to multiple disturbances

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-83

  Browne, N K ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DHI Water and Environment S Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Calcification; Great Barrier Reef; Hydrodynamics; Reef growth; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; IN-SITU; LINEAR EXTENSIONS; MULTIPLE DISTURBANCE; OFFSHORE REEF; PHYSICAL DAMAGES; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT LOADS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SUMMER MONTHS; WATER MOTION;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

REEFS;

CARBONIC ACID;

CALCIFICATION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACROPORA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTIPORA; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; TURBINARIA; WATER FLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA; TURBINARIA (CNIDARIA);

EID: 84860355470     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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