Turning up the Heat: Increasing Temperature and Coral Bleaching at the High Latitude Coral Reefs of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Abdo, David A ^a   Bellchambers, Lynda M ^a   Evans, Scott N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIAN OCEAN; ISLANDS; PIGMENTATION; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865583079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043878     Document Type: Article

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