Attributing mortality among drivers of population decline in Acropora palmata in the Florida Keys (USA)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-382

  Williams, D E ^a,b   Miller, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coral disease; Coralliophila; Corallivory; Damselfish; Hurricane damage

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; CORALLIVORY; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HURRICANE; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SNAIL; SUCCESSION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIOPHILA; CORALLIOPHILA ABBREVIATA; GASTROPODA; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 84860365981     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0847-y     Document Type: Review

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