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PubTalk-03/2023: Coral Reef in Crisis - Science to Guide Reef Restoration for Ecosystem Recovery

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Coral Reef in Crisis - Science to Guide Reef Restoration for Ecosystem Recovery

By Ilsa Kuffner, Research Marine Biologist 

USGS St. Petersburg Coastal & Marine Science Center

Learn About:

  • Why coral reefs around the world are in trouble.
  • How there is some hope for these threatened ecosystems. 
  • What successful coral-reef restoration would look like and ideas to get there. 

 

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