WA's Scott Reef has recovered from mass bleaching in 1998
Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as
effectively as those with nearby undisturbed neighbours, a long-term study by
marine biologists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and
the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) has shown.
Scott Reef, a remote coral system in the Indian Ocean, has
largely recovered from a catastrophic mass bleaching event in 1998, according
to the study published in Science today.