The northernmost coral frontier of the Maldives: The coral reefs of Ihavandippolu Atoll under long-term environmental change

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-48

  Tkachenko, Konstantin S ^a  

^a Samara State Education University   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Maldives; Northernmost atoll; Reef resilience; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL COMMUNITY; CORAL MORTALITY; CORAL REEF; DEPTH RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HERBIVOROUS FISH; MACRO-ALGAE; MALDIVES; NORTHERNMOST ATOLL; STUDY SITES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL IMPACTS;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; THERMAL STRESS;

REEFS;

ACCLIMATION; ATOLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HERBIVORE; HYDROLOGY; MACROALGA; MALDIVES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY;

MALDIVES;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84868632642     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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