Effects of climate change/global warming on coral reefs: Adaptation/exaptation in corals, evolution in zooxanthellae, and biogeographic shifts

Environmental Bioindicators

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-45

  Sammarco, Paul W ^a   Strychar, Kevin B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM SP.;

EID: 68349117167     PISSN: 15555275     EISSN: 15555267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555270902905377     Document Type: Article

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