Depth-dependent mortality of reef corals following a severe bleaching event: Implications for thermal refuges and population recovery

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Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bridge, Tom C L ^a,b   Hoey, Andrew S ^a   Campbell, Stuart J ^c   Muttaqin, Efin ^c   Rudi, Edi ^d   Fadli, Nur ^d   Baird, Andrew H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

^d SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RECOVERY; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER UPWELLING; SPECIES REFUGE;

EID: 84913539365     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.2-187.v3     Document Type: Article

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