Abstract: A comparison of the community structure of juvenile hermatypic corals of 2 to 37 m depth at the fringing reefs of Curaçao between 1975 and 2005 shows a decline of 54.7% in juvenile coral abundance and a shift in species composition. Agaricia species and Helioseris cucullata, the most...
Juvenile Coral Abundance Decrease by Fifty Percent in Three Decades on a Small Caribbean Island
