A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs

by Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, Board on Life Sciences, et al.

Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s, averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result of numerous problems, including habitat destruction, pollution, overfishing, disease, and climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions and the associated increases in ocean temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have been implicated in increased reports of coral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309485355
• ISBN13: 9780309485357
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"