Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

Terry P. Hughes (), Michele L. Barnes, David R. Bellwood, Joshua E. Cinner, Graeme S. Cumming, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Joanie Kleypas, Ingrid A. van de Leemput, Janice M. Lough, Tiffany H. Morrison, Stephen R. Palumbi, Egbert H. van Nes and Marten Scheffer
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Terry P. Hughes: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville
Michele L. Barnes: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville
David R. Bellwood: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville
Joshua E. Cinner: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville
Graeme S. Cumming: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville
Jeremy B. C. Jackson: Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California
Joanie Kleypas: National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder
Ingrid A. van de Leemput: Department of Environmental Sciences Wageningen University
Janice M. Lough: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville
Tiffany H. Morrison: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Townsville
Stephen R. Palumbi: Hopkins Marine Station Department of Biology Stanford University Pacific Grove
Egbert H. van Nes: Department of Environmental Sciences Wageningen University
Marten Scheffer: Department of Environmental Sciences Wageningen University

Nature, 2017, vol. 546, issue 7656, 82-90

Abstract: Abstract Coral reefs support immense biodiversity and provide important ecosystem services to many millions of people. Yet reefs are degrading rapidly in response to numerous anthropogenic drivers. In the coming centuries, reefs will run the gauntlet of climate change, and rising temperatures will transform them into new configurations, unlike anything observed previously by humans. Returning reefs to past configurations is no longer an option. Instead, the global challenge is to steer reefs through the Anthropocene era in a way that maintains their biological functions. Successful navigation of this transition will require radical changes in the science, management and governance of coral reefs.

Date: 2017
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