Bleaching drives collapse in reef carbonate budgets and reef growth potential on southern Maldives reefs

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Perry, C T ^a   Morgan, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBONATES; CORAL REEFS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85009471253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep40581     Document Type: Article

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