Dynamics of a temperature-related coral disease outbreak

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 281, Issue , 2004, Pages 63-77

  Jones, Ross J ^a   Bowyer, Jocelyn ^b   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^b   Blackall, Linda L ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atramentous necrosis; Black band disease; Coral bleaching; Great Barrier Reef

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MAGNETIC ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; MONTIPORA; MONTIPORA AEQUITUBERCULATA;

EID: 9644287752     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps281063     Document Type: Article

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