Winners and losers as mangrove, coral and seagrass ecosystems respond to sea-level rise in Solomon Islands

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Albert, Simon ^a   Saunders, Megan I ^a   Roelfsema, Chris M ^a   Leon, Javier X ^b   Johnstone, Elizabeth ^a   Mackenzie, Jock R ^c   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a   Grinham, Alistair R ^a   Phinn, Stuart R ^a   Duke, Norman C ^c   Mumby, Peter J ^a   Kovacs, Eva ^a   Woodroffe, Colin D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Mangrove; Sea level rise; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOPHYSICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REEFS; SUBSIDENCE;

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; MANGROVE; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEAGRASSES;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MANGROVE; PERU EARTHQUAKE 2007; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 85030768156     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7e68     Document Type: Article

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