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van Hooidonk, Ruben J.

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Coral bleaching and climate change; an investigation on thermal stress on coral reefs.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Coral bleaching and climate change; an investigation on thermal stress on coral reefs./
作者:	van Hooidonk, Ruben J.
面頁冊數:	118 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: B, page: 3438.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-06B.
標題:	Biology, Ecology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3403436
ISBN:	9781109769531

Coral bleaching and climate change; an investigation on thermal stress on coral reefs.
van Hooidonk, Ruben J.

Coral bleaching and climate change; an investigation on thermal stress on coral reefs. - 118 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-06, Section: B, page: 3438.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Purdue University, 2009.

This dissertation addresses important issues in predicting coral bleaching. The goal of this study is to produce forecasts of bleaching that have a good and quantifiable quality. Thermal coral bleaching is a major, global threat to coral reefs. Coral bleaching is the potentially lethal condition where heterotrophic corals become white due to a heat stress induced decrease in concentration of their zooxanthellae -- photosynthetic dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium spp.). Techniques have been developed utilizing observational estimates of sea surface temperature to make quantitative predictions of coral reef bleaching induced by thermal stress. This basic approach is widely used and forms the foundation of predictions for the global demise of coral reef ecosystems within the next 20--40 years, as a byproduct of anthropogenic climate change. Furthermore, predictions of thermally induced coral bleaching such as predictions based on Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) are cited as an important tool in managing reefs.

ISBN: 9781109769531Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017726
Biology, Ecology.

Coral bleaching and climate change; an investigation on thermal stress on coral reefs.
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