Upholding the coral loop : Resilience, alternative stable states and feedbacks in coral reefs
Coral reefs are suffering unprecedented declines in coral cover and species diversity. These changes are often associated with substantial shifts in community structure to new dominant organisms. Ultimately, these “phase shifts” can be persistent and very difficult to return from. Building insuranc...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Systemekologiska institutionen
2010
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-34037 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7155-997-5 |