Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Books and Book Chapters
Diseases, Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) and Their Effects on Gulf Coral Populations and Communities
Book Title
Coral Reefs of the Gulf
ORCID ID
0000-0002-6003-9324
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
978-94-007-3008-3
Publication Date
3-5-2012
Editors
Bernhard M. Riegl, Sam J. Purkis
Keywords
Coral Population, Harmful Alga Bloom, Bleaching Event, Coral Disease, Yellow Band
Description
[Chapter Abstract] Corals in the Gulf exist in a harsh environment, which only allows a small subset of the typical Indo-Pacific fauna and flora to persist and/or form viable populations (Sheppard and Sheppard 1991; Sheppard et al. 1992; Samimi-Namin and van Ofwegen 2009; Chaps. 11 and 12). Environmental factors have been identified as the major killers of corals and these factors regulate population dynamics and coral reef community structure (Chaps. 2, 5, 10 and 16). Among these, extreme temperature variability, salinity variability and turbidity (as a result of coastal construction, Chap. 16) have been isolated as prime killers.
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3_7
Publisher
Springer, Dordrecht
First Page
107
Last Page
125
Disciplines
Marine Biology
NSUWorks Citation
Riegl, Bernhard; Andrew W. Bruckner; Kaveh Samimi-Namin; and Sam J. Purkis. (2012). Diseases, Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) and Their Effects on Gulf Coral Populations and Communities. In Bernhard M. Riegl, Sam J. Purkis (Eds.), Coral Reefs of the Gulf .
Additional Information
© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Part of the Coral Reefs of the World book series (CORW,volume 3)