Critical research needs for identifying future changes in Gulf coral reef ecosystems

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 406-416

  Feary, David A ^a   Burt, John A ^b   Bauman, Andrew G ^c   Al Hazeem, Shaker ^d   Abdel Moati, Mohamed A ^e   Al Khalifa, Khalifa A ^f   Anderson, Donald M ^g   Amos, Carl ^h   Baker, Andrew ⁱ   Bartholomew, Aaron ^j   Bento, Rita ^k,l   Cavalcante, Geórgenes H ^m   Chen, Chaolun Allen ⁿ   Coles, Steve L ^o,p   Dab, Koosha ^q   Fowler, Ashley M ^a   George, David ^r   Grandcourt, Edwin ^s   Hill, Ross ^t   John, David M ^r   Jones, David A ^u   Keshavmurthy, Shashank ⁿ   Mahmoud, Huda ^v   Moradi Och Tapeh, Mahdi ^w   Mostafavi, Pargol Ghavam ^x   Naser, Humood ^y   Pichon, Michel ^c,z   Purkis, Sam ^aa   Riegl, Bernhard ^ab   Samimi Namin, Kaveh ^ac,ad   Sheppard, Charles ^ae   Vajed Samiei, Jahangir ^ad   Voolstra, Christian R ^ae   Wiedenmann, Joerg ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^e Ministry of Environment   (Qatar)

^f Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^j AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^k Emirates Diving Association   (United Arab Emirates)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

ⁿ BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^o BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^q Beheshti University   (Iran)

^r DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^s ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^u Faculty of Science ^*  (Spain)

^v KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^w URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^x ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^y UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^z MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^aa NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ac Iranian National Institute for Oceanography   (Iran)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^ae KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Assessment; Coral Reefs; Expert; Persian Gulf; Research Gap

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS;

ARABIAN GULF; ASSESSMENT; CORAL REEF; EXPERT; PERSIAN GULF;

REEFS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84880328172     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.038     Document Type: Article

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