Coral reefs in a crystal ball: Predicting the future from the vulnerability of corals and reef fishes to multiple stressors

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-64

  McClanahan, Timothy R ^a   Graham, Nicholas AJ ^b   Darling, Emily S ^c  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FISH; FUTURE PROSPECT; PREDICTION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84890896922     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.028     Document Type: Review

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