Extended Data Table 1 A test for the causes of coral bleaching

From: Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

  1. Generalized linear models (GLM) show the relationship between severe bleaching of reefs (>30%) in 2016 on the Great Barrier Reef and three explanatory variables. a–c, Explanatory variables were DHWs (a), DHW plus water quality (natural logarithm of chlorophyll-a concentration) (b), and DHW plus reef zoning (protected or fished) (c). Note that the estimated effect of chlorophyll a is negative, contrary to the hypothesis that good water quality confers resistance to bleaching.
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