Cross-chapter box on the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems due to altered river flow regimes

• Main Authors: Doell, Petra, Bunn, Stuart E
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2014
• Subjects: Freshwater ecology; Hoegh; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/81185; https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415379.005

Coral reefs are shallow-water ecosystems that consist of reefs made of calcium carbonate which is mostly secreted by reef-building corals and encrusting macroalgae. They occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean floor yet play multiple important roles throughout the tropics, housing high levels of biologic...