Coral bleaching and global climate change: Scientific findings and policy recommendations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1500-1511

  Reaser, Jamie K ^a   Pomerance, Rafe ^a   Thomas, Peter O ^b  

^a OECD ^*  (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0033777090     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99145.x     Document Type: Article

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