Changes in Bleaching Susceptibility among Corals Subject to Ocean Warming and Recurrent Bleaching in Moorea, French Polynesia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Pratchett, Morgan S ^a   McCowan, Dominique ^a   Maynard, Jeffrey A ^b,c   Heron, Scott F ^a,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; BLEACHING SUSCEPTIBILITY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GENUS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCIDENCE; MONTIPORA; NONHUMAN; OCEAN WARMING; ORGANISM COLONY; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; POCILLOPORA; PORITES; SEA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; PIGMENTATION; POLYNESIA; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880788193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070443     Document Type: Article

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