Steady Decline of Corals and Other Benthic Organisms in the SeaFlower Biosphere Reserve (Southwestern Caribbean)

Steady Decline of Corals and Other Benthic Organisms in the SeaFlower Biosphere Reserve (Southwestern Caribbean)

Coral reef decline persists as a global issue with ties to climate change and human footprint. The SeaFlower Biosphere reserve includes some of the most isolated oceanic coral reefs in the Southwestern Caribbean, which provide natural experiments to test global and/or basin-wide factors affecting co...

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Main Authors: Juan Armando Sánchez, Matías Gómez-Corrales, Lina Gutierrez-Cala, Diana Carolina Vergara, Paula Roa, Fanny L. González-Zapata, Mariana Gnecco, Nicole Puerto, Lorena Neira, Adriana Sarmiento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
coral reefs
coral decline
Caribbean
algae cover
FORAM index
octocoral community
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00073/full

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