Open AccessMysterious Coral Reef Halos Can Be Seen from Space
Author(s) -
Mary Morton
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo122611
Subject(s) - coral reef , reef , space (punctuation) , coral reef organizations , oceanography , geology , resilience of coral reefs , coral reef protection , geography , computer science , operating system
Grazing rings around reefs have the potential to be used as a tool for monitoring reef health, but first, scientists have to figure out what factors govern halo size differences.