Quantifying the response of structural complexity and community composition to environmental change in marine communities

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1965-1975

  Ferrari, Renata ^a   Bryson, Mitch ^a   Bridge, Tom ^b,c   Hustache, Julie ^a   Williams, Stefan B ^a   Byrne, Maria ^a   Figueira, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AUVs; Bleaching; Coral reefs; Ocean warming and acidification; Rugosity; Stereo cameras; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BENTHOS; BLEACHING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; WARMING;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84959308177     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13197     Document Type: Article

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