Crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 894-900

  Wilson, S K ^a   Adjeroud, M ^b   Bellwood, D R ^c   Berumen, M L ^c,d,e   Booth, D ^f   Bozec, Y Marie ^g   Chabanet, P ^h   Cheal, A ⁱ   Cinner, J ^c   Depczynski, M ^j   Feary, D A ^k   Gagliano, M ^j   Graham, N A J ^c   Halford, A R ^i,l   Halpern, B S ^m   Harborne, A R ⁿ   Hoey, A S ^c   Holbrook, S J ^o   Jones, G P ^c   Kulblki, M ^b   Letourneur, Y ^p   De Loma, T L ^q   McClanahan, T ^r   McCormick, M I ^c   Meekan, M G ^j   Mumby, P J ⁿ   Munday, P L ^c   Ohman M C ^s   Pratchett, M S ^c   Rlegl, B ^t   Sano, M ^u   Schmitt, R J ^o   Syms, C ^f   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^h Institut de la Recherche pour le Development   (France)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k United Nations University   (United Arab Emirates)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

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

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^q Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^r WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^s STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^t NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Behaviour; Conservation; Coral bleaching; Coral reef ecology; Ecosystem management; Fisheries; Global warming; Ocean acidification; Physiology

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAWATER;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 77649218131     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037895     Document Type: Article

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