Interdependency of tropical marine ecosystems in response to climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 724-729

  Saunders, Megan I ^a   Leon, Javier X ^a   Callaghan, David P ^a   Roelfsema, Chris M ^a   Hamylton, Sarah ^b   Brown, Christopher J ^a   Baldock, Tom ^a   Golshani, Aliasghar ^a   Phinn, Stuart R ^a   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a   Woodroffe, Colin D ^b   Mumby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84905262046     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2274     Document Type: Article

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