Cross-chapter box on the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems due to altered river flow regimes
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...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/81185 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415379.005 |