Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef

oleh: Maggie D. Johnson, Jarrod J. Scott, Matthieu Leray, Noelle Lucey, Lucia M. Rodriguez Bravo, William L. Wied, Andrew H. Altieri

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01

Deskripsi

How acute deoxygenation events affect tropical marine ecosystems remains poorly understood. This study integrates analyses of coral reef benthic communities with microbial community sequencing to show how a deoxygenation event rapidly altered a shallow tropical coral reef ecosystem in the Caribbean.