The impact of weather and climate extremes on coral growth

Climate Extremes and Society

Volumn 9780521870283, Issue , 2008, Pages 165-188

  Crabbe, M James C ^a   Walker, Emma L L ^b   Stephenson, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; REEFS; STORMS;

CLIMATE EXTREMES; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CORAL RECRUITMENT; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DETAILED MODELING; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; MOVING AVERAGES; NUMBER OF METHODS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 49949111007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535840.011     Document Type: Chapter

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