Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity
Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity
L. Alvarez-Filip,N. Dulvy,2 Authors,A. Watkinson
2009 · DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0339
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TLDR
This work provides the first region-wide analysis of changes in reef architectural complexity, using nearly 500 surveys across 200 reefs, between 1969 and 2008, and suggests regional-scale degradation and homogenization of reef structure.