Investigating the ability of Coral Reefs to Protect Shorelines in the Republic of Kiribati
Biodiversity Conservation
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Donner, Simon D.
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Summers, Heather E.
2022
The 3-dimensilan structure of living coral communities provides frictional resistance to waves and currents. Coral bleaching events can lead to a shift in coral assemblages toward stress-tolerant colonies, potentially reducing reef structural complexity and inturn wave attenuation.