One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts

• Main Authors: Carpenter, Kent E., Abrar, Muhammad, Aeby, Greta, Aronson, Richard B., Banks, Stuart, Bruckner, Andrew, Chiriboga, Angel, Cortés, Jorge, Delbeek, J. Charles, DeVantier, Lyndon, Edgar, Graham J., Edwards, Alasdair J., Fenner, Douglas, Guzmán, Héctor M., Hoeksema, Bert W., Hodgson, Gregor, Johan, Ofri, Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y., Livingstone, Suzanne R., Lovell, Edward R., Moore, Jennifer A., Obura, David O., Ochavillo, Domingo, Polidoro, Beth A., Precht, William F., Quibilan, Miledel C., Reboton, Clarissa, Richards, Zoe T., Rogers, Alex D., Sanciangco, Jonnell
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Coral reef conservation; Coral reef ecology; Coral declines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4569
• Institution: De La Salle University

The conservation status of 845 zooxanthellate reef-building coral species was assessed by using International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Criteria. Of the 704 species that could be assigned conservation status, 32.8% are in categories with elevated risk of extinction. Declines in abund...