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SUBMITTER: Mora C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2596901 | biostudies-other | 2008 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20080401 1636
The recent degradation of coral reefs worldwide is increasingly well documented, yet the underlying causes remain debated. In this study, we used a large-scale database on the status of coral reef communities in the Caribbean and analysed it in combination with a comprehensive set of socioeconomic and environmental databases to decouple confounding factors and identify the drivers of change in coral reef communities. Our results indicated that human activities related to agricultural land use, c ...[more]