Patterns of coral bleaching: Modeling the adaptive bleaching hypothesis

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 199-214

  Ware, John R ^a   Fautin, Daphne Gail ^b   Buddemeier, Robert W ^c  

^a Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Coral bleaching; Marine ecosystems; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATIONS; ADAPTIVE BLEACHING HYPOTHESIS; CORAL BLEACHING; MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029668881     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00132-4     Document Type: Article

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