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Sea urchin mass mortalities 40 y apart further threaten Caribbean coral reefs

In 1983 to 1984, a mass mortality event caused a Caribbean-wide, >95% population reduction of the echinoid grazer, Diadema antillarum. This led to blooms of algae contributing to the devastation of scleractinian coral populations. Since then, D. antillarum exhibited only limited and patchy popula...

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Autores principales: Levitan, Don R., Best, Rachael M., Edmunds, Peter J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10013861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36848553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2218901120