Data-driven models for regional coral-reef dynamics

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-158

  Zychaluk, Kamila ^a   Bruno, John F ^b   Clancy, Damian ^a   McClanahan, Tim R ^c   Spencer, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Caribbean; Coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef; Integral equation; Kenya; Large ecological databases; Local linear estimation; Partially specified model; Semi parametric model

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EQUATION; MACROALGA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN SEA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KENYA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84855444917     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01720.x     Document Type: Article

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