Global disparity in the ecological benefits of reducing carbon emissions for coral reefs

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1090-1094

  Ortiz, Juan Carlos ^a   Bozec, Yves Marie ^a   Wolff, Nicholas H ^a   Doropoulos, Christopher ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84925985283     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2439     Document Type: Article

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