Coral diseases following massive bleaching in 2005 cause 60 percent decline in coral cover and mortality of the threatened species, Acropora palmata, on reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Geological Survey (U.S.)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Reston, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2008]
Series:	Fact sheet (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 2008-3058.
Subjects:	Acropora > United States Virgin Islands. Coral bleaching > United States Virgin Islands. Coral reef ecology > United States Virgin Islands.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS97075

Available Online