The 2010 coral bleaching event and its impact on the mushroom coral fauna of Koh Tao, western Gulf of Thailand

Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-81

  Hoeksema, Bert W ^a   Matthews, Jennifer L ^b   Yeemin, Thamasak ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Big Blue Conservation Big Blue Dive Resort   (Thailand)

^c RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Gulf of Thailand; Koh Tao; Mushroom corals; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874190028     PISSN: 08581088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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