Relationships between the history of thermal stress and the relative risk of diseases of Caribbean corals

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1981-1994

  Randall, C J ^a   Jordan Garza, A G ^a   Muller, E M ^b   Van Woesik, R ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Climate Change; Coral Reefs; Disease; Ocean Temperature; Relative Risk; Shallowwater Reef; Temperature Stress; Thermal Stress

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY; WATER TREATMENT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904295353     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0774.1     Document Type: Article

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