An enigmatic decoupling between heat stress and coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef

Ocean warming threatens the functioning of coral reef ecosystems by inducing mass coral bleaching and mortality events. The link between temperature and coral bleaching is now well-established based on observations that mass bleaching events usually occur when seawater temperatures are anomalously h...

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Main Authors: Thomas M. DeCarlo, Hugo B. Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7473.pdf