Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

Nicholas A. J. Graham (), Simon Jennings, M. Aaron MacNeil, David Mouillot and Shaun K. Wilson
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Nicholas A. J. Graham: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
Simon Jennings: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft NR33 OHT, UK
M. Aaron MacNeil: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
David Mouillot: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
Shaun K. Wilson: Kensington

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7537, 94-97

Abstract: An analysis of 21 coral reefs in the Indian Ocean using data across 17 years that spanned a major climatic disturbance reveals factors that predispose a coral reef to recovery or regime shift from hard corals to macroalgae; these results could foreshadow the likely outcomes of tropical coral reefs to the effects of climate change, informing management and adaptation plans.

Date: 2015
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