Mass mortality events in atoll lagoons: Environmental control and increased future vulnerability

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 195-205

  Andréfouët, Serge ^a   Dutheil, Cyril ^a,b   Menkes, Christophe E ^b   Bador, Margot ^c   Lengaigne, Matthieu ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CERFACS   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; CMIP 3; CMIP 5; Coral reef; Dystrophy; Pacific Ocean; Sea surface temperature; Significant wave height; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CLIMATE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84916898540     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12699     Document Type: Article

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