Synergistic impacts of global warming on the resilience of coral reefs

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1659, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Bozec, Yves Marie ^a,b   Mumby, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic stress; Dynamic hysteresis; Phase regime shift; Reef state and resilience; Sea surface temperature; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CALCIFICATION; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY RISK; SYNERGISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84911949228     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0267     Document Type: Article

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