Associations between climate stress and coral reef diversity in the western Indian Ocean

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2023-2032

  Mcclanahan, Tim R ^a   Maina, Joseph M ^a,b   Muthiga, Nyawira A ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Climate change; Environmental stress; Latitudinal patterns; Marine protected areas; Prioritization; Resilience; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MARINE PARK; PRIORITIZATION;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79955030807     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02395.x     Document Type: Article

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