Are U.S. coral reefs on the slippery slope to slime?

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5716, 2005, Pages 1725-1726

  Pandolfi, J M ^a   Jackson, J B C ^b,c   Baron, N ^d   Bradbury, R H ^e   Guzman, H M ^c   Hughes, T P ^f   Kappel, C V ^g   Micheli, F ^g   Ogden, J C ^h   Possingham, H P ^a   Sala, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Florida Institute of Oceanography   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF;

CORAL REEF; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SHORT SURVEY; TOURISM; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY; WATER POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 20144379257     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104258     Document Type: Short Survey

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