Coral Bleaching : Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences - van Oppen, Madeleine J. H.; Lough, Janice M.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Introduction: Coral Bleaching - Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences -- The Evolution of the Coral-Algal Symbiosis -- Coral Bleaching in Space and Time -- Climate Variability and Change: Monitoring Data and Evidence for Increased Coral Bleaching Stress -- Detecting and Monitoring Coral Bleaching Events -- Bleaching Resistance and the Role of Algal Endosymbionts -- Bleaching and Mortality Thresholds: How Much is Too Much? -- Consequences of Coral Bleaching for Sessile Reef Organisms -- Coral Bleaching and Consequences for Motile Reef Organisms: Past, Present and Uncertain Future Effects -- Future Scenarios: a Review of Modelling Efforts to Predict the Future of Coral Reefs in an Era of Climate Change -- Synthesis: Coral Bleaching - Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences.
Keywords: Physical geography; Ecology .; Life sciences; Aquatic ecology .; Climate change; Marine sciences; Freshwater; Physical Geography; Ecology; Life Sciences, general; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Marine & Freshwater Sciences