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Spatial Variation in Background Mortality among Dominant Coral Taxa on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Even in the absence of major disturbances (e.g., cyclones, bleaching), corals are consistently subject to high levels of background mortality, which undermines individual fitness and resilience of coral colonies. Partial mortality may impact coral response to climate change by reducing colony abilit...

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Autores principales: Pisapia, Chiara, Pratchett, Morgan S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100969