Extinction vulnerability of coral reef fishes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-348

  Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   Chabanet, Pascale ^b   Evans, Richard D ^c,d   Jennings, Simon ^e,f   Letourneur, Yves ^g   Aaron Macneil, M ^h   Mcclanahan, Tim R ⁱ   Öhman, Marcus C ^j   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^k   Wilson, Shaun K ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^h AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

ⁱ WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Additive effects; Climate change; Coral reef ecology; Ecosystem function; Fisheries; Multiple stressors; Resilience; Synergy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTINCTION RISK; FISH; SYNERGISM; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FISHERIES; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 79952529608     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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