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Disturbance and the Dynamics of Coral Cover on the Great Barrier Reef (1995–2009)

Kate Osborne; Andrew M. Dolman; Scott C. Burgess; Kerryn A. Johns · 2011 · PLoS ONE

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Abstract

Coral reef ecosystems worldwide are under pressure from chronic and acute stressors that threaten their continued existence. Most obvious among changes to reefs is loss of hard coral cover, but a precise multi-scale estimate of coral cover dynamics for the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is currently lacking. Monitoring data collected annually from fixed sites at 47 reefs across 1300 km of the GBR indicate that overall regional coral cover was stable (averaging 29% and ranging from 23% to 33% cover across years) with no net decline between 1995 and 2009. Subregional trends (10-100 km) in hard coral w

Abstract by Kate Osborne; Andrew M. Dolman; Scott C. Burgess; Kerryn A. Johns, PLoS ONE (2011) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0017516