The status of coral reef ecology research in the Red Sea

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 737-748

  Berumen, M L ^a,b   Hoey, A S ^a,c   Bass, W H ^a   Bouwmeester, J ^a   Catania, D ^a   Cochran, J E M ^a   Khalil, M T ^a   Miyake, S ^a   Mughal, M R ^a   Spaet, J L Y ^a   Saenz Agudelo, P ^a  

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

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apex predators; Connectivity; Coral bleaching; Coral reproduction; Herbivory; Marine protected area; Porifera; Reef associated bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENDEMISM; HERBIVORY; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 84881245211     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1055-8     Document Type: Review

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