A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social–ecological systems

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1133-1146

  Cinner, Joshua Eli ^a   Pratchett, Morgan Stuart ^a   Graham, Nicholas Anthony James ^a   Messmer, Vanessa ^a   Fuentes, Mariana Menezes Prata Bezerra ^a,b   Ainsworth, Tracy ^a   Ban, Natalie ^a,c   Bay, Line Kolind ^a,d   Blythe, Jessica ^a,e   Dissard, Delphine ^a,f   Dunn, Simon ^g   Evans, Louisa ^a,h   Fabinyi, Michael ^a   Fidelman, Pedro ^a,i   Figueiredo, Joana ^a,j   Frisch, Ashley John ^a   Fulton, Christopher John ^k   Hicks, Christina Chemtai ^a,l   Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi ^a   Mallela, Jennie ^k,m   Moya, Aurelie ^a   Penin, Lucie ^a,n   Rummer, Jodie Lynn ^a   Walker, Stefan ^a   Williamson, David Hall ^a   more..

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e WORLDFISH   (Solomon Islands)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^j NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral reef; Multiple impacts; Social ecological

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935136121     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0832-z     Document Type: Article

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