Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9480569 | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Estimates were also made of all these factors for a time approximately a decade ago, representing a time before the mass coral mortality, and for approximately a decade in the future when the observed rapid state of dead coral colony disintegration is assumed to have reached an end point. Results of increased energy over the past decade explain observations of erosion in some sites in the Seychelles. Most importantly, it is estimated that the rise in energy reaching shores protected by fringing reefs will now accelerate more rapidly, such that the increase expected over the next decade will be approximately double than that seen over the past decade.
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Authors
Charles Sheppard, David J. Dixon, Michael Gourlay, Anne Sheppard, Rolph Payet,