Interpreting the sign of coral bleaching as friend vs. foe

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-55

  Suggett, David J ^a   Smith, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coral; Mortality; Photoacclimation; Pigments; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORTALITY; VIABILITY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78649779744     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02155.x     Document Type: Article

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