Confronting the coral reef crisis

Article Abstract:

Coral reefs are three-dimensional shallow-water structures dominated by scleractinian corals. In many locations around the world, coral reefs are in serious decline due to man-made stresses like over-harvesting, pollution, disease and climate change and their conservation has become a matter of concern.

United States

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Coral's adaptive response to climate change

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Coral reefs response to climate change depends on the ability of reef-building coral symbioses to adapt to warmer temperatures. This adaptive shift in symbiont communities indicates resistance to future thermal stress, resulting in longer extinction times for surviving corals.

Evaluation, Climatic changes, Climate change

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Coral bleach-out in Belize

Article Abstract:

A coral community has been completely wiped out in Belize due to bleaching from high sea temperatures. Whilst bleaching has become more frequent in the past 20 years, this is the first time mass mortality of a reef has been observed.

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