Empirical models of transitions between coral reef states: Effects of region, protection, and environmental change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lowe, Phillip K ^a   Bruno, John F ^b   Selig, Elizabeth R ^c   Spencer, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; PROBABILITY;

EID: 80355143322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026339     Document Type: Article

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