[Coral-List] reliable coral reef statistics

[John Bruno]

Dear Steve, 

I wrote this piece in response to your query about data on coral depletion. I summarized papers on coral cover loss and included links to all the source paper PDFs. Other changes (e.g., fish, algae, reef complexity) and predictions of future state will be in another post:)

"What we know about coral loss"  http://theseamonster.net/?p=15140

Comments and criticisms welcome. But please post directly on the blog to keep the conversation in one place. 

John F Bruno, PhD
Professor
Department of Biology
UNC Chapel Hill
www.johnfbruno.com (http://www.johnfbruno.com)