Given the frequency of current warming events, the increased reef resistance over the last 2decades is likely not sufficient to also ensure gains in coral cover in Lakshadweep's reefs.doi:10.1007/s00338-018-1735-5Yadav, S.Alcoverro, T....
result of climate change-driven elevated ocean temperatures, amplified by El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean."A school of fish swim through a break in the coral along the Great Barrier Reef on August 10, 2022, on Hastings Reef, Australia.Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post...
>EssayonEffectsofGlobalWarmingonCoralReefs:Coralreefs,oneofthemostdiverseecosystemsonearth,compriseonlyabout0.5percentoftheoceanfloor.Theyareash..
Coral reef ecosystems are degrading through multiple disturbances that are becoming more frequent and severe. The complexities of this degradation have been studied in detail, but little work has assessed characteristics that allow reefs to bounce back and recover between pulse disturbance events. We qu...
Coral reefs are currently facing multiple disturbances caused by natural/anthropogenic factors. Recent industrial development might influence reef environments and ecosystems; however, few direct comparisons of coral calcification with the histories of l
Bermuda's corals grow at reduced rates compared with Caribbean conspecifics and there is evidence that some corals are already growing slower, under the current condition of declining aragonite saturation state in reef waters. The potential for reduced coral and reef growth, in combination with ...
Secondly, the data used to parameterize the model showed that coral populations in the two locations recovered at different rates. Coral recovery is dependent on numerous conditions, including recent history and what remains on the reef, and the period of recovery between thermal-stress events25. ...
This heavy ship traffic very near and within a coral reef system has resulted in nearly one ship grounding per year offshore Broward County since the early 1990's.Nearly all reef damage events involve some level of injury assessment, triage and restoration, and monitoring. Triage generally ...
Structural complexity provided by the living coral reef framework is the basis of the rich and dynamic biodiversity in coral reefs. In many cases today, th
Given the current rapid rate of climate change, major shifts in the distribution of suitable habitat for reef development should be expected, as has been suggested in previous work38,75,85. However, while coral reef ecosystems might have been able to track geographic shifts in suitable conditions...