Twenty-five years of change in scleractinian coral communities of daya bay (northern south China sea) and its response to the 2008 AD extreme cold climate event

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2107-2117

  Chen, Tianran ^a   Yu, Kefu ^a,b   Shi, Qi ^a   Li, Shu ^a   Price, Gilbert J ^b   Wang, Rong ^a   Zhao, Meixia ^a   Chen, Tegu ^a   Zhao, Jianxin ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold climate event; Daya bay (south China sea); Global warming; High latitude; Scleractinian coral

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA PRUINOSA; ANTHOZOA; FAVITES ABDITA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 67649970224     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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