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Three decades of heat stress exposure in Caribbean coral reefs: a new regional delineation to enhance conservation

Increasing heat stress due to global climate change is causing coral reef decline, and the Caribbean has been one of the most vulnerable regions. Here, we assessed three decades (1985–2017) of heat stress exposure in the wider Caribbean at ecoregional and local scales using remote sensing. We found...

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Autores principales: Muñiz-Castillo, Aarón Israel, Rivera-Sosa, Andrea, Chollett, Iliana, Eakin, C. Mark, Andrade-Gómez, Luisa, McField, Melanie, Arias-González, Jesús Ernesto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31358849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47307-0