Western Indian Ocean coral communities: Bleaching responses and susceptibility to extinction

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 337, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-13

  McClanahan, T R ^a   Ateweberhan, M ^b   Graham, N A J ^c   Wilson, S K ^c,d   Ruiz Sebastian C ^e   Guillaume, M M M ^f,g   Bruggemann, J H ^g  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Kenyatta Beach Bamuri   (Kenya)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Degree heating weeks; ENSO; Meta population; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Seawater temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; EXTINCTION RISK; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KENYA; MADAGASCAR; MALDIVES; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; MOZAMBIQUE; REUNION; SEYCHELLES; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; FUNGIA; GALAXEA; GYROSMILIA INTERRUPTA; MONTIPORA; PAVONA; PHYSOGYRA LICHTENSTEINI; PLEROGYRA SINUOSA; PLESIASTREA VERSIPORA; POCILLOPORA; SYNAREA;

EID: 34548227784     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps337001     Document Type: Article

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