Coral bleaching under unconventional scenarios of climate warming and ocean acidification

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 777-781

  Kwiatkowski, Lester ^a,b   Cox, Peter ^a   Halloran, Paul R ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^c   Wiltshire, Andy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; EMISSION CONTROL; HABITAT LOSS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84937882336     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2655     Document Type: Article

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