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| Title |
Are coral reefs victims of their own past success?
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| Published in |
Science Advances, April 2016
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| DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.1500850 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Willem Renema, John M. Pandolfi, Wolfgang Kiessling, Francesca R. Bosellini, James S. Klaus, Chelsea Korpanty, Brian R. Rosen, Nadiezhda Santodomingo, Carden C. Wallace, Jody M. Webster, Kenneth G. Johnson |
| Abstract |
As one of the most prolific and widespread reef builders, the staghorn coral Acropora holds a disproportionately large role in how coral reefs will respond to accelerating anthropogenic change. We show that although Acropora has a diverse history extended over the past 50 million years, it was not a dominant reef builder until the onset of high-amplitude glacioeustatic sea-level fluctuations 1.8 million years ago. High growth rates and propagation by fragmentation have favored staghorn corals since this time. In contrast, staghorn corals are among the most vulnerable corals to anthropogenic stressors, with marked global loss of abundance worldwide. The continued decline in staghorn coral abundance and the mounting challenges from both local stress and climate change will limit the coral reefs' ability to provide ecosystem services. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 35 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 14% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 23 | 66% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 24 | 69% |
| Scientists | 9 | 26% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 180 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 174 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 35 | 19% |
| Researcher | 32 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 11% |
| Other | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 29 | 16% |
| Unknown | 22 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 64 | 36% |
| Environmental Science | 39 | 22% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 36 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 5% |
| Unknown | 26 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 141. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 May 2017.
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Altmetric has tracked 25,394,764 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
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