[Coral-List] AIMS Long Term Monitoring Annual GBR Status update

[Russell Kelley]

Yes, but (yet another) fuzz of colourful acroporids doth not a former Great Barrier Reef make.

Weeds vs trees, r vs k, not sure whether these data will provide purchase on trends in community structure.

Russ

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> On 22 Jul 2021, at 7:46 pm, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> 
>      People, did you see the graphs in this report???  Amazing how the
> northern GBR and southern both recovered.  Looks to me like, to paraphrase
> Mark Twain, 'The death of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has been greatly
> exaggerated.'  Note that the death HAS been exaggerated.  Past tense.  That
> doesn't mean it isn't in mortal danger in the future.  It obviously is, and
> the rest of the world's reefs are too.  But isn't this a direct
> demonstration of amazing resilience??
>      This doesn't change the fact that the GBR is sitting on death row,
> along with the rest of the world's reefs, awaiting the grim reaper (global
> warming) to throw the dice to see which reefs will be killed next.  But it
> does mean that the GBR is putting up a darn good fight.  Let's help all the
> reefs be strong enough to put up a good fight.  Take 10 minutes to enjoy
> the moment and go back to our fight to save them with renewed determination
> to beat this.
>     Cheers, Doug
> 
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 12:32 AM Mike Emslie via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Coral-List,
>>                            You can view the latest Annual GBR status
>> update from the Long-Term Monitoring Program at AIMS at this link
>> 
>> https://www.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/gbr-condition-summary-2020-2021
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> AIMS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land and sea country in
>> which we work, and pay our respect to the Elders, past, present and
>> emerging.
>> 
>> Mike Emslie, PhD
>> Senior Research Scientist/Coral Reef Ecologist
>> Project Leader - Long Term Monitoring
>> Australian Institute of Marine Science
>> PMB 3 | Townsville MC QLD 4810 | Australia
>> Tel. (+61) 7 4753 4530
>> m.emslie at aims.gov.au<mailto:m.emslie at aims.gov.au> | www.aims.gov.au<
>> http://www.aims.gov.au/>
>> 
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