Assessment of Egypt’s Red Sea coastal sensitivity to climate change

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2831-2843

  Hereher, Mohamed E ^a  

^a Damietta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; GIS; Global warming; Mangroves; Remote sensing; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REEFS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL;

CORAL REEF; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; MANGROVES; PROTECTION STRATEGY; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SENSITIVITY INDICES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; EUSTACY; FRINGING REEF; GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TSUNAMI;

EGYPT; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SHALATEIN;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84937969690     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4304-z     Document Type: Article

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