@article{fdi:010073181,
  title = {{R}ecovery of coral assemblages despite acute and recurrent disturbances on a {S}outh {C}entral {P}acific reef},
  author = {{A}djeroud, {M}ehdi and {K}ayal, {M}. and {I}borra-{C}antonnet, {C}. and {V}ercelloni, {J}. and {B}osserelle, {P}. and {L}iao, {V}. and {C}hancerelle, {Y}. and {C}laudet, {J}. and {P}enin, {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}oral reefs are increasingly threatened by various types of disturbances, and their recovery is challenged by accelerating, human-induced environmental changes. {R}ecurrent disturbances reduce the pool of mature adult colonies of reef-building corals and undermine post-disturbance recovery from newly settled recruits. {U}sing a long-term interannual data set, we show that coral assemblages on the reef slope of {M}oorea, {F}rench {P}olynesia, have maintained a high capacity to recover despite a unique frequency of large-scale disturbances which, since the 1990s, have caused catastrophic declines in coral cover and abundance. {I}n 2014, only four years after one of the most extreme cases of coral decline documented, abundance of juvenile and adult colonies had regained or exceeded predisturbance levels, and no phase-shift to macroalgal dominance was recorded. {T}his rapid recovery has been achieved despite constantly low coral recruitment rates, suggesting a high post-disturbance survivorship of recruits. {H}owever, taxonomic differences in coral susceptibility to disturbances and contrasting recovery trajectories have resulted in changes in the relative composition of species. {I}n the present context of global coral reef decline, our study establishes a new benchmark for the capacity of certain benthic reef communities to sustain and recover their coral cover from repeated, intense disturbances.},
  keywords = {{POLYNESIE} {FRANCAISE} ; {MOOREA} ; {PACIFIQUE} {SUD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 9680 [8 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41598-018-27891-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073181},
}