Effects of Protection and Sediment Stress on Coral Reefs in Saint Lucia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Bégin, Chantale ^a,e   Schelten, Christiane K ^b   Nugues, Maggy M ^c   Hawkins, Julie ^d   Roberts, Callum ^d   Côté, Isabelle M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; MACROALGA; RUNOFF; SAINT LUCIA; SEDIMENT; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84958825059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146855     Document Type: Article

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