Patterns of bleaching and recovery of Montipora capitata in Kane'ohe Bay, Hawai'i, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 551, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-139

  Cunning, Ross ^a   Ritson Williams, Raphael ^a   Gates, Ruth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Kane'ohe Bay; Montipora capitata; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ADAPTATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRACKING; WATER FLOW;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KANEOHE BAY; OAHU;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; JOINVILLEA ASCENDENS; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84973901414     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11733     Document Type: Article

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