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Pendleton, Linwood; Hoegh-guldberg, Ove; Albright, Rebecca; Kaup, Anne; Marshall, Paul; Marshall, Nadine; Fletcher, Steve; Haraldsson, Gunnar; Hansson, Lina. |
As living carbonate-based structures, coral reefs are highly vulnerable to ocean acidification. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest continuous coral reef system in the world. Its economic, social, and icon assets are valued at AU$56 billion (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017), owing to its vast biodiversity and services related to commercial and recreational fisheries, shoreline protection, and reef-related tourism and recreation. Ocean acidification poses a significant risk to these ecological and socioeconomic services, threatening not only the structural foundation of the GBR but the livelihoods of reef-dependent sectors of society. To assess the vulnerabilities of the GBR to ocean acidification, we review the characteristics of the GBR and the... |
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Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00506/61766/65744.pdf |
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