New insights from coral growth band studies in an era of rapid environmental change

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 170-184

  Lough, Janice M ^a   Cooper, Timothy F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcification; Climate change; Coral growth; Ocean acidification; Seawater temperature; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80052085489     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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