Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages. We analyzed bleaching records at 100 globally distributed reef locations from 1980 to 2016. The median return time between pai...

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Main Authors: Hughes, T., Anderson, K., Connolly, S., Heron, S., Kerry, J., Lough, J., Baird, A., Baum, J., Berumen, M., Bridge, T., Claar, D., Eakin, C., Gilmour, J., Graham, N., Harrison, H., Hobbs, Jean-Paul, Hoey, A., Hoogenboom, M., Lowe, R., McCulloch, M., Pandolfi, J., Pratchett, M., Schoepf, V., Torda, G., Wilson, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59983