Historical reconstruction reveals recovery in Hawaiian coral reefs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Kittinger, John N ^a,g   Pandolfi, John M ^b   Blodgett, Jonathan H ^b   Hunt, Terry L ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Maly, Kepa ^c   McClenachan, Loren E ^d   Schultz, Jennifer K ^a,e   Wilcox, Bruce A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Kumu Pono Associates LLC   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; HISTORY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053460866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025460     Document Type: Article

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