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SUBMITTER: Adjeroud M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6018695 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Adjeroud Mehdi M Kayal Mohsen M Iborra-Cantonnet Claudie C Vercelloni Julie J Bosserelle Pauline P Liao Vetea V Chancerelle Yannick Y Claudet Joachim J Penin Lucie L
Scientific reports 20180626 1
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by various types of disturbances, and their recovery is challenged by accelerating, human-induced environmental changes. Recurrent disturbances reduce the pool of mature adult colonies of reef-building corals and undermine post-disturbance recovery from newly settled recruits. Using a long-term interannual data set, we show that coral assemblages on the reef slope of Moorea, French Polynesia, have maintained a high capacity to recover despite a unique freq ...[more]