Tsunamis, hurricanes, the demise of coral reefs and shifts in prehistoric human populations in the Caribbean. Quaternary International 195: 69 – 87 .Scheffers, S.R.; Haviser, J.; Browne, T.; Scheffers, A. Tsun
The RL–GL concept can uncover missing feedbacks through the characterization of SES dynamics along a spectrum of human resource dependence. Drawing on diverse qualitative and quantitative data sources, we classify SES dynamics throughout the history of Jamaican coral reefs along the RL–GL spectrum....
Healthy coral reefs are one of the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. They provide billions of dollars in economic and environmental services, such as food, coastal protection and tourism. However, coral ecosystems face serious threats, mainly from the effects of global climate change, unsustainable...
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The environmental deterioration of reefs caused by increases in the human population has been recently reported, but the timing and process are unknown. We investigated the annual black bands in a coral boring core from Fongafale Island, the capital of Tuvalu, which is a symbolic atoll country ...
To understand how human activities affect coral reefs, it is necessary to briefly review their basic life history. Coral reefs are mostly made up of numerous smaller coral colonies; these colonies are in turn made up of thousands of minute polyps, which secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton. The...
Scientists hope they can help stop the global warming and protect nature’s wonders like coral reefs. 1. How many kinds of coral does the Great Barrier Reef have? A. About 3, 000. B. Over 3, 000. C. About 2, 000. D. Over 2, 000. 2. Why is global warming killing the Great ...
2014. Differential thermal bleaching susceptibilities amongst coral taxa: re-posing the role of the host. Coral Reefs. 33:15-27.Wooldridge, S. A. (2014). Differential thermal bleaching susceptibilities amongst coral taxa: re-posing the role of the host. Coral Reefs 33, 15-27. doi: 10.1007/...
Second, how will these changes influence the benefits that humans derive from the ecosystem services provided by coral reefs? In this regard, there is a big difference between estimating the current human dependence and economic value of existing stocks, and that of trying to determine how ...
In many cases, the evolutionary history of host organisms can predict microbiome composition27. However, on coral reefs, the evolutionary relatedness of benthic primary producers is complicated by multiple endosymbiosis events and convergent evolution. In evolutionary terms, CCA is closely related to non...