Coral reef ecosystems protect shore from high-energy waves under climate change scenarios

Climatic Change

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-505

  Villanoy, Cesar ^a   David, Laura ^a   Cabrera, Olivia ^a   Atrigenio, Michael ^a   Siringan, Fernando ^a   Aliño, Porfirio ^a   Villaluz, Maya ^b  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b The World Bank Office Manila   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; DELFT3D; DEVASTATING EFFECTS; HIGH ENERGY; HUMAN CONTROL; MODEL SIMULATION; NEARSHORES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SATELLITE ALTIMETER DATA; SEAGRASSES; SIMULATING WAVES; STRONG WAVES; STUDY SITES; TIDE GAUGES; TROPICAL STORMS; WARMING CLIMATE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELS; WAVE RUNUP; WIND FORCING;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HURRICANES; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

REEFS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; MAGNITUDE; MANGROVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; STORM; TIDE GAUGE; TSUNAMI; TYPHOON; WAVE ENERGY; WIND FORCING;

PHILIPPINES;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84859214578     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0399-3     Document Type: Article

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