Conserving potential coral reef refuges at high latitudes

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-257

  Beger, Maria ^a   Sommer, Brigitte ^a   Harrison, Peter L ^b   Smith, Stephen D A ^b   Pandolfi, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change management; High latitude reefs; Range shifts; Reef conservation; Subtropical reefs; Transitional biogeographical zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893955601     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12140     Document Type: Article

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