[Coral-List] New paper: long-term coral reef development in the Caribbean

[Meesters, Erik]

Dear colleagues
We are pleased to announce the publication of two new interesting articles on long-term (40y) developments in benthic communities on the coral reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire (Caribbean). The full-text of both articles is now available online for viewing and downloading:
(1) 40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curacao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats. In *Coral Reefs*
Keywords: Coral reef community, Benthic cyanobacterial mats, Time series, Mesophotic reefs, Caribbean, Sponges
Citation: de Bakker, D.M., van Duyl, F.C., Bak, R.P.M. et al. Coral Reefs (2017). doi:10.1007/s00338-016-1534-9
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-016-1534-9 (Open Access)
(2) Long-term Shifts in Coral Communities On Shallow to Deep Reef Slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: Are There Any Winners? In *Frontiers in Marine Science*
Keywords: coral, coral community dynamics, reef degradation, carbonate production, Caribbean, anthropogenic stress
Citation: De Bakker DM, Meesters EH, Bak RPM, Nieuwland G and Van Duyl FC (2016) Long-term Shifts in Coral Communities On Shallow to Deep Reef Slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: Are There Any Winners? Front. Mar. Sci. 3:247. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00247
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2016.00247/full (Open Access)
Best wishes,
Erik Meesters