The paleoecology of coral reefs

Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 13-24

  Pandolfi, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity; biogeography; conservation biology; Coral reefs; ecology; evolution; evolutionary turnover; global change; paleoecology; reef management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863758491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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