Drivers of region-wide declines in architectural complexity on Caribbean reefs

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1051-1060

  Alvarez Filip, Lorenzo ^a,b   Gill, J A ^a   Dulvy, N K ^b   Perry, A L ^a,c   Watkinson, A R ^a   Cote I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Drivers of change; Ecosystem services; Environmental change; Habitat complexity; Hurricanes; Marine reserves; Reef degradation

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; COMPLEXITY; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISHING; HURRICANE; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80255133223     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0795-6     Document Type: Article

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