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Clearing a Path to Resilience: Removing Dead Coral Skeletons Following Marine Heatwaves Benefits Coral Recovery

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Photo 1. Lead author (Kai L. Kopecky) taking photographs of an experimental coral reef plot in Moorea, French Polynesia, to be used for photogrammetry. Photo credit: Randi N. Honeycutt. This photograph illustrates the article “Removing dead coral after marine heatwaves can mitigate coral-algae competition and increase viable coral recruitment” by Kai L. Kopecky, Gaia Pavoni, Massimiliano Corsini, Andrew J. Brooks, Bartholomew P. DiFiore, Fabio Menna, and Erica Nocerino published in Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70077

Source: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

DOI: 10.1002/bes2.70043

Author: Kai L. Kopecky

Institution: University of Colorado Boulder

Language: English

Topic: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: hybrid

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