The dynamics of architectural complexity on coral reefs under climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 223-235

  Bozec, Yves Marie ^a,b   Alvarez Filip, Lorenzo ^c   Mumby, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bleaching and hurricanes; Habitat loss; Hindcast and forecast simulation; Mechanical stress; Parrotfish erosion; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; SCARIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARIBBEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HURRICANE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORAL REEFS; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84916898035     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12698     Document Type: Article

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