Gaining insights from past reefs to inform understanding of coral reef response to global climate change

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-58

  Pandolfi, John M ^a   Kiessling, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL CHANGE;

EID: 84890826703     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.020     Document Type: Review

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