Widespread loss of Caribbean acroporid corals was underway before coral bleaching and disease outbreaks

Katie L. Cramer, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Mary K. Donovan, Benjamin J. Greenstein, Chelsea A. Korpanty, Geoffrey M.W. Cook, John M. Pandolfi

Science Advances · 2020 · 180 citations · 49 references

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Endangered staghorn and elkhorn corals began disappearing from Caribbean reefs decades before climate change impacts.

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