Algae growing on dead coral could paint a falsely rosy portrait of reef health

Algae colonizing dead coral are upending scientists’ ability to accurately assess the health of a coral reef community, according to new work from a team of marine science experts led by Carnegie’s Manoela RomanĂ³ de Orte and Ken Caldeira. Their findings are published in Limnology and Oceanography.


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Source: Phys.org