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Rising ocean temperatures harm protected coral reefs
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5167/74/[font face=Times, Times New Roman, Serif][font size=5]Rising ocean temperatures harm protected coral reefs[/font]
Thursday, March 15, 2012
[font size=3]Special conservation zones known as marine protected areas provide many direct benefits to fisheries and coral reefs.
However, such zones appear to offer limited help to corals in their battle against global warming, according to a new study.
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To determine whether coral deaths caused by ocean warming were lower inside marine protected areas, researchers combined more than 8,000 coral reef surveys performed by divers with satellite measurements of ocean surface temperatures.
“Although marine protected areas could help coral populations recover from temperature-induced mortality in particular situations, this does not appear to be an effective general solution,” said study author John Bruno, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences.
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02658.x/abstractThursday, March 15, 2012
[font size=3]Special conservation zones known as marine protected areas provide many direct benefits to fisheries and coral reefs.
However, such zones appear to offer limited help to corals in their battle against global warming, according to a new study.
…
To determine whether coral deaths caused by ocean warming were lower inside marine protected areas, researchers combined more than 8,000 coral reef surveys performed by divers with satellite measurements of ocean surface temperatures.
“Although marine protected areas could help coral populations recover from temperature-induced mortality in particular situations, this does not appear to be an effective general solution,” said study author John Bruno, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences.
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