Increased sea level promotes coral cover on shallow reef flats in the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 867-878

  Brown, B E ^a,b   Dunne, R P ^c   Phongsuwan, N ^d   Somerfield, P J ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^c West Briscoe Baldersdale ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Phuket Biological Center   (Thailand)

^e PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral; Indian Ocean; Reef flats; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRINGING REEF; HABITAT TYPE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZONATION;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80255138163     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0804-9     Document Type: Article

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