The potential for temperature acclimatisation of reef corals in the face of climate change

Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 421-433

  Brown, Barbara E ^a   Cossins, Andrew R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acclimation; acclimatisation; epigenetics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857190748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_24     Document Type: Chapter

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