Coral benchmarks in the center of biodiversity

• Main Authors: Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y., Robles, R., Dygico, M., Songco, A., van Woesik, R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Tubbataha Reefs (Philippines); Coral reefs and islands > Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2165; https://animosearch.dlsu.edu.ph/permalink/63DLSUL_INST/f1i36d/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1835526245
• Institution: De La Salle University

There is an urgent need to quantify coral reef benchmarks that assess changes and recovery rates through time and serve as goals for management. Yet, few studies have identified benchmarks for hard coral cover and diversity in the center of marine diversity. In this study, we estimated coral cover a...