Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species.

EM, Muller; MC, Ladd; R, Karp; PH, Montoya-Maya; IB, Kuffner; AC, Baker; E, Bartels; A, Bourque; AS, Clark; N, Cox; M, D'Alessandro; B, Daughtry; B, Firchau; L, Fix; D, Gilliam; D, Hesley; C, Lewis; D, Lirman; C, Lustic; K, Macauley; J, Moore; K, Nedimyer; K, O'Neil; KT, Parsons; KM, Smith; J, Spadaro; BC, Thomasson; JD, Unsworth; D, Vaughan; MW, Miller

doi:10.1111/cobi.70168

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Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species.

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Muller EM

Ladd MC

Karp R

Abstract

An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely affected. These species have been the primary ...

Subject

Threatened species

Coral reef

Conservation planning

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