Massive hard coral loss after a severe bleaching event in 2010 at Los Roques, Venezuela

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Bastidas, Carolina ^a   Bone, David ^a   Croquer, Aldo ^a   Debrot, Denise ^a   Garcia, Elia ^a   Humanes, Adriana ^a   Ramos, Ruth ^a   Rodríguez, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral bleaching; Coral reefs; Loss of coral cover; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84866623722     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v60i0.19843     Document Type: Article

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