Long-term region-wide declines in Caribbean corals

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5635, 2003, Pages 958-960

  Gardner, Toby A ^a,b   Côté, Isabelle M ^a   Gill, Jennifer A ^a,b   Grant, Alastair ^a   Watkinson, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CORALS;

REEFS;

CORAL; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHING; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0041520962     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086050     Document Type: Article

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