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Widespread loss of Caribbean acroporid corals was underway before coral bleaching and disease outbreaks

The mass mortality of acroporid corals has transformed Caribbean reefs from coral- to macroalgal-dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Declines have been attributed to overfishing, pollution, sea urchin and coral disease, and climate change, but the mechanisms are unreso...

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Autores principales: Cramer, Katie L., Jackson, Jeremy B. C., Donovan, Mary K., Greenstein, Benjamin J., Korpanty, Chelsea A., Cook, Geoffrey M., Pandolfi, John M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7176417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32426458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax9395