[Coral-List] Dendrogyra decline in the southern Caribbean

[Luis Alberto Acosta Moreno]

Dendrogyra is a very important coral species as it groups together a good part of the reef's vertebrates and invertebrates. Its population density and living tissue coverage has decreased in recent decades within the Southern Caribbean.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00513/full
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Frontiers | Decadal Change in the Population of Dendrogyra cylindrus (Scleractinia: Meandrinidae) in Old Providence and St. Catalina Islands, Colombian Caribbean | Marine Science<https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00513/full>
The IUCN considers the stony coral Dendrogyra cylindrus as vulnerable. However, there is insufficient information on its population structure and dynamics, conservation status, or extinction risk and population decreases have been inferred from observations of habitat degradation. In 2002 and 2012, surveys using manta tows, circular plots and satellite images were performed in Old Providence ...
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