@article{fdi:010065353,
  title = {{T}hrough bleaching and tsunami : coral reef recovery in the {M}aldives},
  author = {{M}orri, {C}. and {M}ontefalcone, {M}. and {L}asagna, {R}. and {G}atti, {G}. and {R}overe, {A}. and {P}arravicini, {V}aleriano and {B}aldelli, {G}. and {C}olantoni, {P}. and {B}ianchi, {C}. {N}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}oral reefs are degrading worldwide, but little information exists on their previous conditions for most regions of the world. {S}ince 1989, we have been studying the {M}aldives, collecting data before, during and after the bleaching and mass mortality event of 1998. {A}s early as 1999, many newly settled colonies were recorded. {R}ecruits shifted from a dominance of massive and encrusting corals in the early stages of recolonisation towards a dominance of {A}cropora and {P}ocillopora by 2009. {C}oral cover, which dropped to less than 10% after the bleaching, returned to pre-bleaching values of around 50% by 2013. {T}he 2004 tsunami had comparatively little effect. {I}n 2014, the coral community was similar to that existing before the bleaching. {A}ccording to descriptors and metrics adopted, recovery of {M}aldivian coral reefs took between 6 and 15 years, or may even be considered unachieved, as there are species that had not come back yet.},
  keywords = {{C}oral reefs ; {R}esilience ; {H}ard coral cover ; {R}ecruitment ; {M}aldives ; {I}ndian {O}cean ; {MALDIVES} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}arine {P}ollution {B}ulletin},
  volume = {98},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {188--200},
  ISSN = {0025-326{X}},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.050},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065353},
}