Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

Nature

Volumn 556, Issue 7702, 2018, Pages 492-496

  Hughes, Terry P ^a   Kerry, James T ^a   Baird, Andrew H ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a   Dietzel, Andreas ^a   Eakin, C Mark ^b   Heron, Scott F ^a,b,c   Hoey, Andrew S ^a   Hoogenboom, Mia O ^a   Liu, Gang ^b,c   McWilliam, Michael J ^a   Pears, Rachel J ^d   Pratchett, Morgan S ^a   Skirving, William J ^b,c   Stella, Jessica S ^d   Torda, Gergely ^a,e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Global Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

^d GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT WAVE; MASS MORTALITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RED LIST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT STRESS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEFS; GLOBAL WARMING; HOT TEMPERATURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85045654203     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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