Charles Sheppard, “Coral Reefs: Science and Survival” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Is It Sustainable?
In many parts of the world, impacts are very, very severe. So whatever the robustness of the system, it's been overwhelmed by the fact that you've had lots of kilometers of fish fon on top of them. And we know that corals have different amounts of toerences anyway. But then there comes a point when you dredge too much. You have a more people and more sewage that kills the reef completely. It can't stand up. i think, in a way, the question is, whatever their tolerance, we're doing too much. They might be robust, they might be versatile, and they are both, but we can easily overwhelm however robust they aret
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