Heat Waves Are a Major Threat to Turbid Coral Reefs in Brazil

Heat Waves Are a Major Threat to Turbid Coral Reefs in Brazil

Coral reefs are threatened by climate change on a global scale with thermal stress events and mass coral bleaching being widely reported. The reefs off the east coast of Brazil (and other turbid areas) have, however, historically escaped such thermal stress events, with relatively low levels of back...

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Main Authors: Gustavo A. S. Duarte, Helena D. M. Villela, Matheus Deocleciano, Denise Silva, Adam Barno, Pedro M. Cardoso, Caren L. S. Vilela, Phillipe Rosado, Camila S. M. A. Messias, Maria Alejandra Chacon, Erika P. Santoro, Daniele B. Olmedo, Marcelo Szpilman, Luiz A. Rocha, Michael Sweet, Raquel S. Peixoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
coral mortality
Millepora alcicornis
mass bleaching
turbid reefs
coral reefs
global warming
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00179/full

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