Reduced calcification in Western Australian corals during anomalously high summer water temperatures

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 461, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-143

  Foster, T ^a   Short, J A ^a   Falter, J L ^a   Ross, C ^a   McCulloch, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcification; Coral; Seasonality; Temperature; Western australia

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER TEMPERATURE; SURFACE AREA;

AUSTRALIA; HOUTMAN ABROLHOS; NINGALOO REEF; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84906513736     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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