Francisco Medellín
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Studying calcification and bioerosion processes in Mexican coral reefs Orgullosamente texcocano 🇲🇽
🚨 Paper Alert! In 2023, Mexican coral reefs experienced an unprecedented bleaching event. But bleaching wasn’t the biggest issue. Our study in Proceedings B
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shows a marine heatwave caused massive coral mortality and pushed reefs from production to net erosion
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Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip
4 months ago
👶🪸 Can Caribbean corals recover naturally after the devastating effects of SCTLD? - Our new study in
@commsearth.nature.com
reveals that corals in their early life stages—either survived the outbreak or recruited afterwards—offering a positive sign of resilience at regional scales
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Simon J. Brandl
10 months ago
Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️... Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong... 🌐 🦑🧪 🧵⬇️
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Sociedad Mexicana de Arrecifes Coralinos
11 months ago
Join us for the XIII Mexican & IV Pan-American Coral Reef Congress! 📅 Oct 13–17, 2025 | 📍 Cozumel 🧾 Abstracts due: May 31 🎓 Scholarships + prizes for students! ✈️ Direct flights from CDMX available Details 👉
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