How much time can herbivore protection buy for coral reefs under realistic regimes of hurricanes and coral bleaching?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2033-2048

  Edwards, Helen J ^a   Elliott, Ian A ^a   Eakin, C Mark ^b   Irikawa, Akiyuki ^c,d   Madin, Joshua S ^e   Mcfield, Melanie ^f   Morgan, Jessica A ^b   Van Woesik, Robert ^c   Mumby, Peter J ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Healthy Reefs Initiative/Smithsonian Institution   (Belize)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral bleaching; Coral reef dynamics; Global climate model; Grazing; Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HERBIVORE; HURRICANE; MARINE PARK;

BAHAMAS; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; BONAIRE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79955004074     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02366.x     Document Type: Article

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