Fig. 4: Early warning system for predicting coral bleaching vulnerability in the Mesoamerican Reef.
From: Underlying drivers of coral reef vulnerability to bleaching in the Mesoamerican Reef
Conceptual diagram of an early warning system for predicting coral bleaching vulnerability within a regional framework. The left panel identifies key drivers, including intrinsic thermal variation, heat stress metrics from remote sensing data, and biophysical descriptors (species composition, diversity, and site depth) from in situ data. Positive and negative relationships with bleaching severity are indicated by upward and downward arrows, respectively. The right panels describe the implementation process, emphasizing automation, adaptive learning, and the system's ability to improve accuracy through new information.
