Ecological and socioeconomic impacts of 1998 coral mortality in the Indian Ocean: An ENSO impact and a warning of future change?

Ambio

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-196

  Wilkinson, Clive ^d   Lindén, Olof ^a   Cesar, Herman ^b   Hodgson, Gregor ^c   Rubens, Jason ^d   Strong, Alan E ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d c/o IUCN ^*

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032913141     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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