Prioritizing Key Resilience Indicators to Support Coral Reef Management in a Changing Climate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  McClanahan, Tim R ^a   Donner, Simon D ^b   Maynard, Jeffrey A ^c   MacNeil, M Aaron ^d   Graham, Nicholas A J ^e   Maina, Joseph ^f   Baker, Andrew C ^g   Alemu I , Jahson B ^h   Beger, Maria ⁱ   Campbell, Stuart J ^j   Darling, Emily S ^k   Eakin, C Mark ^l   Heron, Scott F ^e,m   Jupiter, Stacy D ⁿ   Lundquist, Carolyn J ^o   McLeod, Elizabeth ^p   Mumby, Peter J ⁱ   Paddack, Michelle J ^q   Selig, Elizabeth R ^r   van Woesik, Robert ^s  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^h Institute of Marine Affairs Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^j WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Indonesia)

^k SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^m National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (Australia)

ⁿ WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Fiji)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^p THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^q Santa Barbara City College   (United States)

^r Science+Knowledge Division   (United States)

^s Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; INDONESIA; MACROALGA; MARINE SPECIES; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDONESIA; TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865593200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042884     Document Type: Review

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