Rising sea level may cause decline of fringing coral reefs

Eos

Volumn 92, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 273-274

  Field, Michael E ^a   Ogston, Andrea S ^b   Storlazzi, Curt D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRINGING REEF; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80052096185     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011EO330001     Document Type: Article

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