Disease outbreaks, bleaching and a cyclone drive changes in coral assemblages on an inshore reef of the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 815-824

  Haapkyla J ^a,b   Melbourne Thomas, J ^c   Flavell, M ^a   Willis, B L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atramentous necrosis; Coral bleaching; Coral disease dynamics; Cyclone 'Yasi'; Disease susceptibility; Disturbance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; CYCLONE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84881251215     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1029-x     Document Type: Article

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