A high-latitude coral community with an uncertain future: Stetson Bank, northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-267

  DeBose, J L ^a,b   Nuttall, M F ^a   Hickerson, E L ^a   Schmahl, G P ^a  

^a Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Gulf of Mexico; High latitude reef; Millepora; Phase shift; Stetson Bank

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MONITORING SYSTEM; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RUNOFF; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MILLEPORA;

EID: 84874812693     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0971-3     Document Type: Article

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