Climate extremes have resulted in widespread coral bleaching, habitat destruction and species mortalities in the past 5 years ... on overall increasing water temperatures, led to widespread bleaching of corals, loss of kelp forests, fish and invertebrate deaths, and ...

... summer ocean temperatures are increasing the extent of coral bleaching. Climate change is also resulting in ocean acidification and changes ...

... World Heritage in Danger in 2015, and the subsequent major coral bleaching event of 2016, have received extensive media coverage ( Slezak & Hunt ...

... to provide a national assessment of shallow rocky and coral reef biodiversity (in waters less than 25 metres deep) around ... Reef and the Great Barrier Reef, have suffered from loss of coral habitat and predatory reef fishes because of human and environmental ... on shallow-water reef biodiversity, with widespread coral bleaching in the North-west Marine Region, and loss of kelp habitats and ...

... MAR24 Distribution of reef biodiversity indicator values for coral and rocky reefs surveyed by the Reef Life Survey around Australia, ... MAR24 Distribution of reef biodiversity indicator values for coral and rocky reefs surveyed by the Reef Life Survey around Australia, ...

... environment off the Western Australian coast, including coral bleaching, fish and invertebrate deaths, and changes to species distribution ... across the Reef on record, resulting in extensive coral bleaching and die-off, particularly across the northern regions. Since ...

... to provide a national assessment of shallow rocky and coral reef biodiversity (in waters less than 25 metres deep) around ... Reef and the Great Barrier Reef, have suffered from loss of coral habitat and predatory reef fishes because of human and environmental ... on shallow-water reef biodiversity, with widespread coral bleaching in the North-west Marine Region, and loss of kelp habitats and ...

... been significant impacts on natural heritage values (such as coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef and fires in the Tasmanian wilderness), and ...

... that can withstand a particular disturbance. Bleached coral reefs have recently fully recovered in remote areas that are free from ... AJ, Baird AH & Pratchett MS (2013). Recovery of an isolated coral reef system following severe disturbance. Science 340(6128):69-71. ...

... Reef Marine North Marine North West Marine South East Marine Coral Sea Quality of habitats and communities Eighteen habitats and ... first half of 2016. This recorded widespread and extensive bleaching of coral reefs, particularly in the north-east , as a result of high ...

... been significant impacts on natural heritage values (such as coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef and fires in the Tasmanian Wilderness), and ...

... and the remoteness of much of the North, North-west and Coral Sea marine regions mean that habitats, communities and species groups ...

... Any major impact on our biodiversity , such as the massive coral bleaching event that occurred on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef in ...

... of benthic assemblages across a large depth gradient in the Coral Sea, Australia. Marine Biodiversity 46:795. Clark et al. 2014 Clark ... (to previous reports):  Not assessed Severe storms, bleaching and crown-of-thorns starfish have affected north-eastern reefs, ...