The impacts of flooding on the high-latitude, terrigenoclastic influenced coral reefs of Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1149-1163

  Butler, I R ^a   Sommer, B ^a   Zann, M ^a   Zhao, J X ^a   Pandolfi, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coral; Flood; High latitude; Marginal; Turbid

Indexed keywords

BAY; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; MORTALITY; SEDIMENTATION; STORM; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TURBIDITY;

AUSTRALIA; HERVEY BAY; MARY RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84888018766     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1064-7     Document Type: Article

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