Accelerating impacts of temperature-induced coral bleaching in the Caribbean

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2055-2060

  McWilliams, John P ^a,b   Côté, Isabelle M ^a   Gill, Jennifer A ^a,b   Sutherland, William J ^a   Watkinson, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Caribbean; Climate change; Coral bleaching; Sea surface temperature; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 23644439775     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1657     Document Type: Article

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