Building resilience into practical conservation: Identifying local management responses to global climate change in the southern Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 381-391

  Maynard, J A ^a,b   Marshall, P A ^b   Johnson, J E ^b   Harman, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral reefs; Environmental management; Great Barrier Reef; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SITE SELECTION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KEPPEL BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77952243624     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0603-8     Document Type: Article

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