Technology term
Hard Coral Cover
The percentage of a surveyed seafloor area occupied by living reef-building corals with calcium carbonate skeletons. It is a widely used indicator of reef condition, but it does not capture species composition, fish abundance or structural complexity.
English
Hard Coral Cover
Arabic
غطاء المرجان الصلب
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Coral Bleaching Now Returns Before Many Reefs Can Recover
