Excess seawater nutrients, enlarged algal symbiont densities and bleaching sensitive reef locations: 2. A regional-scale predictive model for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 343-354

  Wooldridge, Scott A ^a   Heron, Scott F ^b,c   Brodie, Jon E ^c   Done, Terence J ^d   Masiri, Itsara ^e   Hinrichs, Saskia ^f  

^a Catchment to Reef Management Solutions Ltd   (Australia)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian Belief Network (BBN); Coral bleaching resistance; Coral calcification; Coral cores; Coral health; Marine protected area (MPA); Resilience; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BLEACHING; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LOCATION; NUTRIENTS; REEFS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL CORES; CORAL HEALTH; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; RESILIENCE;

CLEANING;

SEA WATER;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALCIFICATION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; NUTRIENT; PROTECTED AREA; SEAWATER; SYMBIONT; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL SYMBIONT DENSITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85008618447     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.045     Document Type: Article

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