Disappearance of Acropora from the Marquesas (French Polynesia) during the last deglacial period

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1101-1105

  Cabioch, G ^a   Wallace, C C ^b   McCulloch, M T ^c   Zibrowius, H ^d   Laboute, P ^f   de Forges, B Richer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^e IRD UMR 7138 ^*  (New Caledonia)

^f NONE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Acropora; Biogeography; Climate; Fossil; Marquesas

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80355132059     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0810-y     Document Type: Note

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