Source: PLosONE, vol.4, no.4 (2009)
"In 2006, mass bleaching of corals on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef caused high coral mortality. Here we show that this coral mortality was followed by an unprecedented bloom of a single species of unpalatable seaweed (Lobophora variegata), colonizing dead coral skeletons, but that corals on these reefs recovered dramatically, in less than a year. Unexpectedly, this rapid reversal did not involve reestablishment of corals by recruitment of coral larvae, as often assumed, but depended on several ecological mechanisms previously underestimated."
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Doom and boom on a resilient reef: climate change, algal growth and coral recovery
Posted by library@EPA at 1:19 PM
Labels: Climate change, Coral reefs, Marine pollution