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Increasing thermal stress for tropical coral reefs: 1871–2017

Tropical corals live close to their upper thermal limit making them vulnerable to unusually warm summer sea temperatures. The resulting thermal stress can lead to breakdown of the coral-algal symbiosis, essential for the functioning of reefs, and cause coral bleaching. Mass coral bleaching is a mode...

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Autores principales: Lough, J. M., Anderson, K. D., Hughes, T. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24530-9