Coral Reef Metrics (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Coral Reef Metrics

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Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups have found that reefs with high coral cover may in fact be close to collapse, particularly those with a lack of fish. A recent study by WCS and its partners have found a predictable sequence of eight changes that precede a coral reef collapse.

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Nick Graham

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