Salinity thresholds of Acropora spp. on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1103-1110

  Berkelmans, R ^a   Jones, A M ^b   Schaffelke, B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral; Great Barrier Reef; Salinity; Threshold

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER INPUT; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; THRESHOLD; TURBIDITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KEPPEL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84869183216     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0930-z     Document Type: Article

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