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One story filed under Agaricia spp. on World Data Ocean. The newest of them: “Coral Resilience Measured in the Wake of Bleaching and Disease in St Thomas”. Coral recruitment in St. A Global Hub for Ocean Intelligence 4 World Data Ocean is a centralized digital platform where researchers, scientists, and ocean enthusiasts converge to… The list below is every Agaricia spp. story on World Data Ocean, newest first.

Coral Resilience Measured in the Wake of Bleaching and Disease in St Thomas
Frontiers in Marine Science | New and Recent Articles

Coral Resilience Measured in the Wake of Bleaching and Disease in St Thomas

Coral recruitment in St. Thomas collapsed by an order of magnitude after back-to-back thermal stress and disease, a stark, measurable decline. This study quantified what we feared: even resilient *Agaricia* spp. recruitment proved acutely sensitive to disturbance. Yet the recovery within roughly two years offers a calibrated signal of hope, and a reminder that monitoring recruitment provides empirical, real-time insight into reef resilience. For deeper context on thermal refugia, see our related coverage in "Validated coral refugia reveal resilience amid rising ocean heat stress."