Coral reefs: Threats and conservation in an era of global change

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1162, Issue , 2009, Pages 136-186

  Riegl, Bernhard ^a   Bruckner, Andy ^b   Coles, Steve L ^c   Renaud, Philip ^b   Dodge, Richard E ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KHALED BIN SULTAN LIVING OCEANS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Conservation; Coral diseases; Coral reef; Global climate change; Marine reserve; Ocean acidification; Overfishering; Phase shift; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RUNOFF; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; FISHING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REVIEW; SEA; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES INVASION; THREAT; TOURISM; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER;

EID: 66149100153     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04493.x     Document Type: Review

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