Coral research: Past efforts and future horizons

Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-10

  Richmond, Robert H ^a   Wolanski, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biophysical research; climate change; management; modeling; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892003673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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