Hurricane Allen's Impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs

D. Woodley, J.; A. Chornesky, Elizabeth; Clifford, Patricia; B. C. Jackson, Jeremy; Kaufman, Les; Knowlton­, Nancy­; C. Lang, Judith; Pearson, Michael; W. Porter, James; Christine Rooney, M.; W. Rylaarsdam, K.; Tunnicliffe, Verena; Wahle, Charles; L. Wulff, Janie; Curtis, Adam; Dorinda Gilmore Dallmeyer, Mary; P. Jupp, B.; A. R. Koehl, M.; E. Neigel, Joseph; M. Sides, E.

doi:10.1126/science.214.4522.749

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Hurricane Allen's Impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs

Published in Science • Nov 13, 1981

Authors:

J. D. Woodley

Elizabeth A. Chornesky

Patricia Clifford

Abstract

Coral reefs of north Jamaica, normally sheltered, were severely damaged by Hurricane Allen, the strongest Caribbean hurricane of this century. Immediate studies were made at Discovery Bay, where reef populations were already known in some detail. Data are presented to show how damage varied with the...

Subject

Reef

Bay

Coral reef

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