Global inequities between polluters and the polluted: Climate change impacts on coral reefs

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3982-3994

  Wolff, Nicholas H ^a   Donner, Simon D ^b   Cao, Long ^c   Iglesias Prieto, Roberto ^d   Sale, Peter F ^e   Mumby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e United Nations University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Climate change; Coral reefs; Equity; Green Climate Fund; Ocean acidification; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHOZOA;

AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; SEA WATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER;

EID: 84944034633     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13015     Document Type: Article

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