Recent deterioration of coral reefs in the South China Sea due to multiple disturbances

More frequent global warming events, biological disasters, and anthropogenic activities have caused extensive damage to coral reefs around the world. Coral reefs in the Xisha Islands (also known as the Paracel Islands) have been damaged following rounds of heatwaves and crown-of-thorns starfish (CoT...

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Main Authors: Jiaguang Xiao, Wei Wang, Xiaolei Wang, Peng Tian, Wentao Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/13634.pdf