Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes
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Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes
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A study of the recovery potential of over 800 of the world's coral reefs shows that 83% of fished reefs are missing more than half their expected biomass, with severe consequences for key ecosystem functions; protection from fishing would allow full recovery in 35 years on average, but in 59 years for the most degraded reefs.
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Nature
Vol. 520
No. 7547
Vol. 520
No. 7547
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Nature
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16.04.2015
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M. Aaron MacNeil, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Joshua E. Cinner, Shaun K. Wilson, Ivor D. Williams, Joseph Maina, Steven Newman, Alan M. Friedlander, Stacy Jupiter, Nicholas V. C. Polunin & Tim R. McClanahan, “Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishes,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 11, 2026, https://library.uwekind.com/items/show/199.