Coral reproduction on the Great Barrier Reef falls 89% after repeated bleaching
- Written by Morgan Pratchett, Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
The severe and repeated bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef has not only damaged corals, it has reduced the reef’s ability to recover.
Our research, published today in Nature, found far fewer baby corals are being produced than are needed to replace the large number of adult corals that have died. The rate at which baby corals are settling on...
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