This chapter attempts to address the vulnerability of the CEM in the Great Barrier Reef region to global
climate change. It does not consider individual habitats (eg reefs or seagrasses) but goes beyond
the individual species and habitat assessments, to consider impacts on the whole coastal marine
community complex, and the ecological processes that support its functioning.This is Chapter 19 of Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef: a vulnerability assessment. The entire book can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/11017/13