Local-scale projections of coral reef futures and implications of the Paris Agreement

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Van Hooidonk, Ruben ^a,b   Maynard, Jeffrey ^c,d   Tamelander, Jerker ^e   Gove, Jamison ^f   Ahmadia, Gabby ^g   Raymundo, Laurie ^h   Williams, Gareth ⁱ   Heron, Scott F ^j,k,l   Planes, Serge ^d  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c SymbioSeas and Marine Applied Research Center   (United States)

^d Université de Perpignan   (French Polynesia)

^e United Nations Environment Programme   (Thailand)

^f PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

ⁱ BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Global Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

^l JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; FRANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MODEL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; PUBLIC POLICY; SEA; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85007020960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep39666     Document Type: Article

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