Climate-mediated mechanical changes to post-disturbance coral assemblages

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-493

  Madin, Joshua S ^a,d   O'Donnell, Michael J ^b   Connolly, Sean R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Hydrodynamic disturbance; Reef corals; Seawater acidification

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; DAMAGE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STORM; VULNERABILITY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 51549113233     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0249     Document Type: Article

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