DAMAGE AND RECOVERY OF CORAL REEFS AFFECTED BY EL-NINO RELATED SEAWATER WARMING IN THE THOUSAND ISLANDS, INDONESIA
DAMAGE AND RECOVERY OF CORAL REEFS AFFECTED BY EL-NINO RELATED SEAWATER WARMING IN THE THOUSAND ISLANDS, INDONESIA
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00265007
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发表时间:
1990-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
SUHARSONO
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作者:
BROWN, BE;SUHARSONO
Extensive coral bleaching occurred during seawater warming (as a result of the 1982/3 El Nino Southern Oscillation event) in 1983 on the shallow reefs in the Java Sea. Mean seawater temperatures rose by 2-3.degree. C over a six month period with values greater than 33.degree. C being recorded between 1200-1500 h. As many as 80-90% of corals died on the reef flats at the study sites, with the major casualties being branching species in the genera Acropora and Pocillopora. Five years after the event the community structure of the study sites has recovered significantly, though coral cover is still 50% of its former level. Contrasting patterns of recovery at two selected sites, in close proximity to each other, are discussed.