Susceptibility of central Red Sea corals during a major bleaching event

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 505-513

  Furby, K A ^a   Bouwmeester, J ^b   Berumen, M L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Mortality; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia; Sea surface temperature; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; MORTALITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; VULNERABILITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA; THUWAL;

ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; MUSSIDAE; OCULINIDAE; PECTINIDAE; POCILLOPORIDAE;

EID: 84877072858     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0998-5     Document Type: Article

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