Quantifying the fragility of coral reefs to hurricane impacts: a case study of the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico

Ecosystems like coral reefs mitigate rising coastal flood risks, but investments into their conservation remain low relative to the investments into engineered risk-mitigation structures. One reason is that quantifying the risk-reduction benefits of coral reefs requires an estimate of their fragilit...

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Main Authors: I A Madden, A Mariwala, M Lindhart, S Narayan, K K Arkema, M W Beck, J W Baker, J Suckale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb451