Climate change, global warming and coral reefs: modelling the effects of temperature
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Abstract
Climate change and global warming have severe consequences for the survival of scleractinian (reef-building) corals and their associated ecosystems. This review summarizes recent literature on the influence of temperature on coral growth, coral bleaching, and modelling the effects of high temperature on corals. Satellite-based sea surface temperature (SST) and coral bleaching information available on the internet is an important tool in monitoring and modelling coral responses to temperature. Within the narrow temperature range for coral growth, corals can respond to rate of temperature change as well as to temperature per se. We need to continue to develop models of how non-steady-state processes such as global warming and climate change will affect coral reefs.Citation
Crabbe, M.J.C. (2008) 'Climate change, global warming and coral reefs: modelling the effects of temperature', Computational Biology and Chemistry, 32(5), pp.311-314Publisher
ElsevierAdditional Links
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1476927108000455Type
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enISSN
14769271ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2008.04.001