Drivers and predictions of coral reef carbonate budget trajectories

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1847, 2017, Pages

  Januchowski Hartley, Fraser A ^a,b   Graham, Nicholas A J ^c,d   Wilson, Shaun K ^e,f   Jennings, Simon ^g,h   Perry, Chris T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Department of Parks and Wildlife ^*  (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Carbonate production; Coral bleaching; Parrotfish; Regime shifts; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MASS MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

SEYCHELLES;

ANTHOZOA; SCARIDAE;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; PHYSIOLOGY; SEYCHELLES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 85011028288     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2533     Document Type: Article

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