East China Sea, arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from the South China Sea, to which it is connected by the shallow Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The East China Sea and the South China Sea together form the China Sea. ...
Evidence from coral reefs in the Pacific in clear waters, e.g., Heron Island, Australia [13], Palau [64], and Solomon Islands [63], suggests that sea-level rise can drive coral growth on the reef flats. Therefore, SLR may ‘turn on’ coral colonization where it has been ‘turned ...