Incorporating Climate and Ocean Change into Extinction Risk Assessments for 82 Coral Species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1169-1178

  Brainard, Russell E ^a   Weijerman, Mariska ^b   Eakin, C Mark ^c   Mcelhany, Paul ^d   Miller, Margaret W ^c   Patterson, Matt ^e   Piniak, Gregory A ^c   Dunlap, Matthew J ^b   Birkeland, Charles ^f  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate and ocean change; Coral; Data limited species; ESA; Extinction risk; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CAMBIOS CLIMÁTICOS Y OCEÁNICOS; CLIMATE AND OCEAN CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DATA-LIMITED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESA; ESPECIES CON INFORMACIÓN LIMITADA; EVALUACIÓN DE RIESGOS; EXTINCTION RISK; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; RIESGO DE EXTINCIÓN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

CAMBIOS CLIMÁTICOS Y OCEÁNICOS; CLIMATE AND OCEAN CHANGE; CORAL; DATA-LIMITED SPECIES; ESA; ESPECIES CON INFORMACIÓN LIMITADA; EVALUACIÓN DE RIESGOS; EXTINCTION RISK; RIESGO DE EXTINCIÓN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896973869     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12171     Document Type: Article

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