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[[Bleaching]]
[[Bleaching]]


[[Disease]] (Maite Ghazaleh/Kathyn Cobleigh)
[[Disease]] (Maite Ghazaleh and Kathyn Cobleigh)


[[Pollution]]
[[Pollution]]
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[[Sediment|Sediment Overload (ex. from deforestation)]]
[[Sediment|Sediment Overload (ex. from deforestation)]]


[[InvasiveSpecies|Invasive Species]] (Andrew Ireland/Kristen Taulbee)
[[InvasiveSpecies|Invasive Species]] (Andrew Ireland and Kristen Taulbee)


[[AirPollution|Long-range Transport of Dust and Other Pollutants (ex. African dust or wildfire emissions)]]
[[AirPollution|Long-range Transport of Dust and Other Pollutants (ex. African dust or wildfire emissions)]]

Revision as of 09:21, 15 January 2013

Threats to Corals and Coral Reefs

Natural Threats

Tropical Cyclones

Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Human-induced Threats (some of these may be both natural and human-induced)

Bleaching

Disease (Maite Ghazaleh and Kathyn Cobleigh)

Pollution

Overfishing

Physical Damage

Sediment Overload (ex. from deforestation)

Invasive Species (Andrew Ireland and Kristen Taulbee)

Long-range Transport of Dust and Other Pollutants (ex. African dust or wildfire emissions)

The Coral Trade (jewelry, aquariums, etc.)

Coral Mining

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