Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, PO Box 772, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2013 May 15;70(1-2):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.040. Epub 2013 Apr 18.
There are few long-term datasets available to make reliable statements about trends in cover and structure in many coral reefs around the world. We present 27year old summary data of the cover of corals and other biota on Caribbean and Western Atlantic coral reefs in 7 countries collected in late 1985 and early 1986. These data were collected to support research on sponge populations and show relatively low coral cover on many of these reefs with particularly low cover of Acropora spp. We present these summaries to encourage other researchers to compare with current conditions or repeat the surveys to show long-term trends; the raw data will be supplied on request.
关于世界上许多珊瑚礁的覆盖和结构趋势，可用的长期数据集很少。我们提供了 27 年的加勒比和西大西洋 7 个国家珊瑚礁生物覆盖的汇总数据，这些数据是在 1985 年底和 1986 年初收集的，用于支持对海绵种群的研究，显示了这些珊瑚礁中许多珊瑚的覆盖率相对较低，尤其是 Acropora spp. 的覆盖率特别低。我们提供这些摘要，以鼓励其他研究人员进行比较，了解当前的情况或重复调查，以显示长期趋势；原始数据将应要求提供。
