Unusual weather and trapped coral spawn lead to fish kill at a remote coral atoll

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 961-

  Hobbs, Jean Paul A ^a   Macrae, Hisham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CORAL; DECOMPOSITION; FISH; FLUSHING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAGOON; MASS MORTALITY; OXYGEN; SPAWNING; WESTERLY; WIND PROFILE;

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84869179319     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0918-8     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Bureau of Meteorology (2012) http://www. bom. gov. au/climate/averages/tables/cw_200284. shtml.\
2. Hobbs J-PA, McDonald CA (2010) Increased temperature and decreased dissolved oxygen triggers fish kill at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. J Fish Biol 77: 1219-1229.
3. Simpson CJ, Cary JL, Masini RJ (1993) Destruction of corals and other reef animals by coral spawn slicks on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Coral Reefs 12: 185-191.