Confronting the coral reef crisis

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6994, 2004, Pages 827-833

  Bellwood, D R ^a   Hughes, T P ^a,b   Folke, C ^c,d   Nystrom M ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERIES;

CORAL REEF CRISIS; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 3042579841     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02691     Document Type: Review

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