Study finds two-thirds of Hawaiian reefs are covered with algae
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 09:31
in Earth & Climate
According to a study published today in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society – Biological Sciences, just one-third of the coral reefs ecosystems in Hawai'i are dominated by healthy corals and calcareous algae. The study, led by the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stanford University's Center for Ocean Solutions, the University of Hawaii, NOAA, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and Conservation International-Hawai'i, also identified the key stressors of these reef systems, including declines in herbivorous fish abundance, ocean temperature and pollution run-off from land.