[Coral-List] IUCN announces more corals listed as endangered; symbiosis and bleaching

[Douglas Fenner]

"Pillar coral, which is found throughout the Caribbean, was moved from
vulnerable to critically endangered in this week's update. The coral is
threatened by a tissue loss disease, and its population has shrunk by more
than 80% across most of its range since 1990, IUCN said. The IUCN lists
more than two dozen corals in the Atlantic Ocean as critically endangered.

Almost half the corals in the Atlantic are "at elevated risk of extinction
due to climate change and other impacts," Beth Polidoro, an associate
professor at Arizona State University and red list coordinator for IUCN."
Manatee relative, 700 new species now facing extinction

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dugong-coral-abalone-face-extinction-150137446.html

Symbioses are restructured by repeated mass coral bleaching

https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.abq8349

Cheers, Doug

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Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

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