Coral extension rates in the NW Indian Ocean I: Reconstruction of 20th century SST variability and monsoon current strength

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-154

  Storz, David ^a   Gischler, Eberhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CORAL GROWTH; CURRENT STRENGTH; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MALDIVES; OCEAN WARMING; PORITES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPECTRAL PEAK;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH RATE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHWEST); MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES LUTEA;

EID: 79956014052     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0221-z     Document Type: Article

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