Coral bleaching and disease should not be underestimated as causes of Caribbean coral reef decline

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 07 Oct 2008 English Publisher:The Royal SocietyJournal:Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, volume 276, pages 197-198 (issn: 0962-8452, eissn: 1471-2954,

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Authors: Caroline, Rogers;

doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0606

pmid: 18842548

pmc: PMC2674337

Coral bleaching and disease should not be underestimated as causes of Caribbean coral reef decline

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Abstract

In his recent paper ‘A clear human footprint in the coral reefs of the Caribbean’, [Mora (2008)][1] identifies the drivers of change in Caribbean coral reef communities based on the results of comprehensive analysis. Caution is warranted in accepting some of his major conclusions because, as he

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Keywords

Conservation of Natural Resources, Caribbean Region, Temperature, Animals, Seawater, Anthozoa, Animal Diseases

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