One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts

E. Carpenter, Kent; Abrar, Muhammad; S. Aeby, Greta; B. Aronson, Richard; Banks, Stuart; W. Bruckner, Andrew; I. Chiriboga, Angel; Cortés, Jorge; Charles Delbeek, J.; DeVantier, Lyndon; J. Edgar, Graham; J. Edwards, Alasdair; Fenner, Douglas; M. Guzmán, Héctor; W. Hoeksema, Bert; Hodgson, Gregor; Johan, Ofri; Y. Licuanan, Wilfredo; R. Livingstone, Suzanne; R. Lovell, Edward; Moore, Jennifer; O. Obura, David; Ochavillo, Domingo; Polidoro, Beth; F. Precht, William; Christine C. Quibilan, Miledel; Reboton, Clarissa; T. Richards, Zoe; D. Rogers, Alex; C. Sanciangco, Jonnell; Sheppard, Anne; Sheppard, Charles; E. Smith, Jennifer; N. Stuart, Simon; Turak, Emre; E. N. Veron, J.; C. Wallace, Carden; Weil, Ernesto; Wood, Elizabeth

doi:10.1126/science.1159196

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One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts

Published in Science • Jul 11, 2008

Authors:

Kent E. Carpenter

Muhammad Abrar

Greta S. Aeby

Abstract

The conservation status of 845 zooxanthellate reef-building coral species was assessed by using International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Criteria. Of the 704 species that could be assigned conservation status, 32.8% are in categories with elevated risk of extinction. Declines in abund...

Subject

Extinction (optical mineralogy)

Reef

Threatened species

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