Proceedings of the KSRS Conference (대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집)
- Volume 1
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- Pages.463-466
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- 2006
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- 1226-9743(pISSN)
A DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN REASONS CAUSING THE MASS MORTALITY OF CORALS AND BENTHOS IN CONDAO ISLAND DURING OCTOBER 2005.
- Son, Tong Phuoc Hoang (Institute of Oceanography) ;
- Khin, Lau Va (Institute of Oceanography) ;
- Ben, Hoang Xuan (Institute of Oceanography) ;
- Knee, Tan Chun (United Nation University - Global Environment Information Center (GEIC)) ;
- Ishizaka, Joji (Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University) ;
- Ransibrahmanakul, Varis (National Ocean Service - NOAA) ;
- Tripathy, Sarat Chandra (NIO ?Region Center - Visakhapatnam)
- Published : 2006.11.02
Abstract
During Mid October of 2005 a mass mortality of the corals occurred surrounding Con Dao Islands (South Vietnam) where is the recognized as one of the most famous marine parks of Vietnam. Results from the field survey in October 2005 showed that the mass mortality of corals and benthos focused only on the North-West of the islands whereas there was almost no death recorded in the South - East parts. Based on field data it was assumed that an overlap between high water temperature (