Climate-change refugia: Shading reef corals by turbidity

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1145-1154

  Cacciapaglia, Chris ^a   van Woesik, Robert ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Corals; Irradiance; Refuges; Temperature; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; IRRADIANCE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; REFUGIUM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY;

ARABIAN SEA; AUSTRALIA; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; JAPAN; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; PHILIPPINES; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; VIET NAM;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REFUGIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; INDIAN OCEAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; REFUGIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84959506109     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13166     Document Type: Article

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