Coral bleaching in turbid waters of north-Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 65-75

  Lafratta, A ^a,e   Fromont, J ^b,c   Speare, P ^a,c   Schonberg C H L ^a,b,c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

morphology; Pilbara; thermal bleaching; Turbinaria; underwater imagery

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH CAROLINA; ONSLOW BAY; PILBARA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACROPORA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; FAVIIDAE; PORITIDAE; TURBINARIA (CNIDARIA);

EID: 85006427709     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF15314     Document Type: Article

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