Large-amplitude internal waves benefit corals during thermal stress

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1799, 2015, Pages

  Wall, M ^a,b   Putchim, L ^a,c   Schmidt, G M ^a   Jantzen, C ^a   Khokiattiwong, S ^c   Richter, C ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cooling; Coral bleaching; Global warming; Large amplitude internal waves; Solitons

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AMPLITUDE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNAL WAVE; MORTALITY; PYCNOCLINE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENT; LINEAR MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWATER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84920973720     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0650     Document Type: Article

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