The continuing decline of coral reefs in Bahrain

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-363

  Burt, John A ^a   Al Khalifa, Khalifa ^b   Khalaf, Ebtesam ^c   AlShuwaikh, Bassem ^c   Abdulwahab, Ahmed ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Ministry of Culture   (Bahrain)

^c General Directorate for the Protection of Marine Resources   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Bleaching; Coral; Reclamation; Recovery; Reef

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN GULF; BAHRAIN; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CORAL; HISTORICAL DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLEACHING; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LAND RECLAMATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; RECLAMATION; RECOVERY;

REEFS;

ALGA; BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; RECOVERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACROPORA; ALGA; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BULTHAMA REEF; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAHRAIN; BLEACHING; CORAL; RECLAMATION; RECOVERY; REEF;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAHRAIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ARABIAN SEA; BAHRAIN; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84880332937     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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