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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |