Marine reserves help coastal ecosystems cope with extreme weather

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3050-3058

  Olds, Andrew D ^a   Pitt, Kylie A ^a   Maxwell, Paul S ^a   Babcock, Russell C ^b   Rissik, David ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coral reefs; Disturbance; Ecological resilience; Flood impacts; Herbivory; Marine reserves; Seascape connectivity

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HERBIVORY; MARINE PARK; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; FLOODING; HERBIVORY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; FLOODS; HERBIVORY; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84908394403     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12606     Document Type: Article

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