Carbonate budgets and reef production states: A geomorphic perspective on the ecological phase-shift concept

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 853-866

  Perry, C T ^a   Spencer, T ^b   Kench, P S ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbonate budgets; Ecological change; Phase shifts; Reef geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBONATE SYSTEM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MACROALGA; REEF FORMATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 55349106875     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0418-z     Document Type: Article

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