Marine Science Faculty Publications
Revisiting Coral Reef Connectivity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2002
Keywords
Disease, Meso-American reef system, Phase-shift, Remote sensing, River plume, SeaWiFS
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-001-0199-0
Abstract
A large river plume generated by anomalous precipitation and oceanic circulation associated with Hurricane Mitch was detected off Honduras in October 1998 using SeaWiFS ocean color images. This event provides the background for analyzing connectivity between coral reefs and land in the Meso-American reef system. We discuss the potential implications of such short-term events for disease propagation and nutrification, and their potential significance in evolutionary processes.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Coral Reefs, v. 21, issue 1, p. 43-48
Scholar Commons Citation
Andréfouët, S.; Mumby, P. J.; McField, M.; Hu, C.; and Muller-Karger, Frank E., "Revisiting Coral Reef Connectivity" (2002). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1154.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1154
