Global change and coral reef ecosystems

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 89-118

  Smith, S V ^a   Buddemeier, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef systems; Global change

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GLOBAL WARMING; REEF ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0027029868     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.23.110192.000513     Document Type: Article

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