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Survival, rarity, and extinction in tropical stony corals
Abstract Many reef‐building tropical corals are becoming rare. We considered the meaning of rarity in corals and highlighted taxa that have reached low abundances in the last few decades. The difficulties of quantifying rarity in the marine environment arise from the sheer scale and 3‐dimensional nature of the biome and the inherent challenges therein ...
Bryan Wilson, Peter J. Edmunds
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Growth-predation risk tradeoffs constrain the local distribution of a thicket-forming Staghorn coral to marginal reef habitats. [PDF]
Ladd MC +6 more
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ABSTRACT Aim A key element of the Global Biodiversity Framework Target 3 is ‘representativity’, which refers to the inclusion of the full range of existing ecosystems, ecological processes and regions within protected areas, with the aim of ensuring that the full spectrum of biodiversity is protected.
Jordi Tablada +3 more
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El Niño-driven phase shift to algal dominance on Isla del Caño's coral reefs: implications for urgent restoration. [PDF]
Palmer CV +2 more
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Status of coral reefs in the northern Caribbean and western Atlantic GCRMN Node in 2008 [PDF]
Ainsley, H. +13 more
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A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming. [PDF]
Bozec YM +14 more
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ABSTRACT In 2002, the Brazilian government banned fishing for Goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822), through 2007. This grouper was the first fish species targeted by a specific law in Brazilian environmental legislation. Grouper stocks showed no signs of recovery, so the ban was renewed multiple times since 2007. Official estimates
Felipe Moreira de Souza +3 more
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