Resilience to thermal stress of coral communities in Talim Bay, Lian, Batangas

• Main Authors: Espana, Norievill B., Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y., Alino, Porfirio M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Coral communities—Effect of temperature on—Philippines—Talim Bay; Coastal zone management—Philippines—Talim Bay; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6749
• Institution: De La Salle University

Climate change driven disturbances such as increases in sea surface temperature (SST) pose a critical threat to coral reefs. Increased understanding of the mechanisms that maintain coral community structure (i.e., coral cover and species diversity) now allows for the assessment of resilience of cora...