The Third Global Coral Bleaching Event on the Marginal Coral Reefs of the Southwestern Indian Ocean and Factors That Contribute to Their Resistance and Resilience

Coral reefs reach their southernmost limits in the southwestern Indian Ocean in Maputaland, South Africa. Here, we investigate the recent global coral bleaching event of 2016, the thermal dynamics of these marginal high-latitude reefs and the potential environmental factors regulating the responses...

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Published in:	Diversity (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 10; p. 464
Main Authors:	Porter, Sean N., Sink, Kerry J., Schleyer, Michael H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2021
Subjects:	Climate change coasts Coral bleaching coral communities Coral reefs corals degree heating weeks depth Environmental factors Genera Global warming high-latitude reefs Indian Ocean Latitude Mortality Polls & surveys South Africa surveys Temperature Thermal stress Upwelling Water depth Indian Ocean South Africa
ISSN:	1424-2818, 1424-2818
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