Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size

Bernhard M. Riegl; Andrew W. Bruckner; Gwilym P. Rowlands; Sam J. Purkis; Philip Renaud

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038396

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Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size

Bernhard M. Riegl ,

* E-mail: rieglb@nova.edu

Affiliation National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America
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Andrew W. Bruckner,

Affiliation Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Landover, Maryland, United States of America
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Gwilym P. Rowlands,

Affiliation National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America
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Sam J. Purkis,

Affiliation National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America
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Philip Renaud

Affiliation Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Landover, Maryland, United States of America
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Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size

Bernhard M. Riegl,
Andrew W. Bruckner,
Gwilym P. Rowlands,
Sam J. Purkis,
Philip Renaud

Published: May 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038396

About the Authors

Bernhard M. Riegl

* E-mail: rieglb@nova.edu

Affiliation National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Andrew W. Bruckner

Affiliation Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Landover, Maryland, United States of America

Gwilym P. Rowlands

Affiliation National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Sam J. Purkis

Affiliation National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Philip Renaud

Affiliation Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Landover, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMR AWB. Performed the experiments: BMR AWB. Analyzed the data: BMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GPR SJP PR. Wrote the paper: BMR.

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