Chaos in the Pacific's Coral reef bleaching cycle

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-459

  Huppert, Amit ^a   Stone, Lewi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Chaos; Coral reef; El Nino; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0031690035     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286181     Document Type: Article

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