Reefs shift from net accretion to net erosion along a natural environmental gradient

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 515, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-44

  Silbiger, Nyssa J ^a   Guadayol, Òscar ^a,b   Thomas, Florence I M ^a   Donahue, Megan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion erosion balance; Bioerosion; Coral reefs; Environmental variability; Ocean acidification; pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOEROSION; CALCIFICATION; CARBON EMISSION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84911473811     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10999     Document Type: Article

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