Rapid poleward range expansion of tropical reef corals in response to rising sea surface temperatures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Yamano, Hiroya ^a   Sugihara, Kaoru ^a   Nomura, Keiichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Kushimoto Marine Park Center ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; REEFS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

CLIMATIC WARMING; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CORAL BLEACHING; IN-SITU; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; RANGE EXPANSION; REEF CORALS; RISING TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; TROPICAL CORALS;

EXPANSION;

COASTAL ZONE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; GLOBAL WARMING; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REEF FORMATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

JAPAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79951916737     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046474     Document Type: Article

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