Unprecedented mass bleaching and loss of coral across 12° of latitude in Western Australia in 2010-11.

BACKGROUND: Globally, coral bleaching has been responsible for a significant decline in both coral cover and diversity over the past two decades. During the summer of 2010-11, anomalous large-scale ocean warming induced unprecedented levels of coral bleaching accompanied by substantial storminess ac...

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Main Authors: James A Y Moore, Lynda M Bellchambers, Martial R Depczynski, Richard D Evans, Scott N Evans, Stuart N Field, Kim J Friedman, James P Gilmour, Thomas H Holmes, Rachael Middlebrook, Ben T Radford, Tyrone Ridgway, George Shedrawi, Heather Taylor, Damian P Thomson, Shaun K Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3524109?pdf=render