Disturbance and the dynamics of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (1995-2009).

Coral reef ecosystems worldwide are under pressure from chronic and acute stressors that threaten their continued existence. Most obvious among changes to reefs is loss of hard coral cover, but a precise multi-scale estimate of coral cover dynamics for the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is currently lacki...

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Main Authors: Kate Osborne, Andrew M Dolman, Scott C Burgess, Kerryn A Johns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21423742/?tool=EBI