Coral reefs as novel ecosystems: EMBRACING new futures

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-14

  Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   Cinner, Joshua E ^a   Norström, Albert V ^b   Nyström, Magnus ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LATITUDE;

EID: 84890849110     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.023     Document Type: Review

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