Turbid reefs experience lower coral bleaching effects in NE Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia)

• Main Authors: Allia Rosedy, Isabel Ives, Zarinah Waheed, Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein, Sindia Sosdian, Kenneth Johnson, Nadia Santodomingo
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: QH540-549.5 Ecology; SH20.3-191 Aquaculture
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38238/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38238/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38238/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103268

The impacts of climate change are becoming more evident in recent years. Future projections suggest that heat stress events will likely be more frequent and severe over the next century, threatening the high diversity of the Coral Triangle. Shallow turbid reefs may help dampen some of these effects...