Oyster reefs can outpace sea-level rise

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 493-497

  Rodriguez, Antonio B ^a   Fodrie, F Joel ^a   Ridge, Justin T ^a   Lindquist, Niels L ^a   Theuerkauf, Ethan J ^a   Coleman, Sara E ^a   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^b   Brodeur, Michelle C ^a   Gittman, Rachel K ^a   Keller, Danielle A ^a   Kenworthy, Matthew D ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CORAL REEF; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROWTH; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84901591464     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2216     Document Type: Article

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