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SUBMITTER: Ortiz JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051737 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ortiz Juan-Carlos JC Wolff Nicholas H NH Anthony Kenneth R N KRN Devlin Michelle M Lewis Stephen S Mumby Peter J PJ
Science advances 20180718 7
Corals of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have declined over the past 30 years. While reef state depends on the balance between disturbance and recovery, most studies have focused on the effects of disturbance on reef decline. We show that coral recovery rates across the GBR declined by an average of 84% between 1992 and 2010. Recovery was variable: Some key coral types had close to zero recovery by the end of that period, whereas some reefs exhibited high recovery. Our results indicate that coral ...[more]