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The Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half Its Corals
Researchers in Australia blamed climate change for the loss, which they said could diminish critical habitats for fish and other marine life.
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Long-term shifts in the colony size structure of coral populations along the Great Barrier Reef
The age or size structure of a population has a marked influence on its demography and reproductive capacity. While declines in coral cover are well documented, concomita …
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