Bioconstruction, bioerosion and disturbance on tropical coasts: Coral reefs and rocky limestone shores

Geomorphology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 23-50

  Spencer, Tom ^a   Viles, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal zonation; Disturbance regime; ENSO; Environmental change; Microatoll; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; CARBONATE ROCK; CORAL REEF; ROCKY SHORE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036836788     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00174-5     Document Type: Article

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