[Coral-List] Parrotfish loss drives reef decline
Douglas Fenner
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Wed Feb 8 13:59:57 EST 2017
Short popular article:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v542/n7640/full/542141c.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20170209&spMailingID=53380605&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=1101425398&spReportId=MTEwMTQyNTM5OAS2
open-access
Original article:
Prehistorical and historical declines in Caribbean coral reef accretion
rates driven by loss of parrotfish.
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14160
Open-access.
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