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Status of coral reefs of the world:
2000
Status of
coral reefs of the world: 2000
Edited by
Clive Wilkinson
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ABSTRACT
Coral reefs of the world have continued to decline since the
previous GCRMN report in 1998. Assessments to late 2000 are that
27% of the world’s reefs have been effectively lost, with the
largest single cause being the massive climate-related coral
bleaching event of 1998. This destroyed about 16% of the coral reefs of the world in 9
months during the largest El Niño and La Niña climate changes ever
recorded. While there is a good chance that many of the 16% of damaged
reefs will recover slowly, probably half of these reefs will never
adequately recover. These will add to the 11% of the world’s reefs
already lost due to human impacts such as sediment and nutrient
pollution, over-exploitation and mining of sand and rock and
development on, and ‘reclamation’ of, coral reefs.
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See Also:
Status
of coral reefs of the world: 1998
The 1997-1998 Mass Bleaching
Event Around the World
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