Rapid transgenerational acclimation of a tropical reef fish to climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-32

  Donelson, J M ^a,b   Munday, P L ^a   McCormick, M I ^a   Pitcher, C R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; FISH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; REEF; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857493947     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1323     Document Type: Article

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