Expansion of corals on temperate reefs: direct and indirect effects of marine heatwaves

Coral Reefs

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 947-956

  Tuckett, C A ^a   de Bettignies, T ^a,b   Fromont, J ^c   Wernberg, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

High latitude corals; Kelp forests; Plesiastrea versipora; Seaweed decline; Tropicalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018941425     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-017-1586-5     Document Type: Article

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