Coral populations in a rapidly changing environment

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 408, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Van Woesik, Robert ^a   Jordán Garza, Adán Guillermo ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate; Corals; Populations; Processes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLONAL ORGANISM; CORAL REEF; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84855919927     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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