Title
Discovery of a recovering climax Acropora community in Kanton Lagoon in the remote Phoenix Islands Protected Area
Author(s)
Mangubhai, Sangeeta; Nand, Yashika; Rotjan, Randi
Published
2018
Publisher
Pacific Conservation Biology
Abstract
A thermal stress that started in 2002 and peaked at 21 degree heating weeks resulted in near-100% mortality of corals in Kanton Lagoon. An expedition in 2015 documented a 52.8% recovery of hard corals in the lagoon. Despite temperatures reaching as high as 30.5°C there was almost no bleaching of Acropora stands within the lagoon, suggesting that recovering species are more resistant to thermal stress.
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