Phase Shifts, Herbivory, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Climate Change

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 360-365

  Hughes, Terence P ^a   Rodrigues, Maria J ^a   Bellwood, David R ^a   Ceccarelli, Daniela ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^b   McCook, Laurence ^a,c   Moltschaniwskyj, Natalie ^d   Pratchett, Morgan S ^a   Steneck, Robert S ^a,e   Willis, Bette ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 33846908939     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.049     Document Type: Article

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