Catastrophic impact of typhoon waves on coral communities in the Ryukyu Islands under global warming

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hongo, Chuki ^a,b   Kawamata, Hideki ^c   Goto, Kazuhisa ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAGOON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STORM DAMAGE; STORM SURGE; SURVIVORSHIP; TYPHOON;

JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84863010340     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001902     Document Type: Article

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