Extreme climatic events reduce ocean productivity and larval supply in a tropical reef ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1695-1702

  Lo Yat, Alain ^a,b   Simpson, Stephen D ^c   Meekan, Mark ^d   Lecchini, David ^e   Martinez, Elodie ^f   Galzin, René ^a  

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

^b Service de la Peche   (French Polynesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^f LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Climate; Coral reefs; Current; El Ni o; ENSO; Fish larvae; La Ni a; Larval supply; Settlement; SST

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

RANGIROA; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 79952053034     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02355.x     Document Type: Article

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