Bleaching, coral mortality and subsequent survivorship on a West Australian fringing reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-238

  Depczynski, M ^a   Gilmour, J P ^a   Ridgway, T ^a   Barnes, H ^b   Heyward, A J ^a   Holmes, T H ^b   Moore, J A Y ^b   Radford, B T ^a   Thomson, D P ^c   Tinkler, P ^a   Wilson, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bundegi; Coral bleaching; Coral reef disturbance; Ningaloo Reef; Size class susceptibility; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA;

EID: 84874810056     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0974-0     Document Type: Note

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