Life after cold death: reef coral and coral reef responses to the 2010 cold water anomaly in the Florida Keys

Abstract Organismal and community‐wide responses of reef‐building corals are documented before and after a severe cold‐water thermal anomaly that occurred in 2010 in the Florida Keys, USA. In January 2010 seawater temperatures dropped far below the normal minima (to <11°C), resulting in the large...

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Main Authors: Dustin W. Kemp, Michael A. Colella, Lucy A. Bartlett, Rob R. Ruzicka, James W. Porter, William K. Fitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-06-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1373