Conclusions of low extinction risk for most species of reef-building corals are premature

Paul R Muir^{1

2}, David O Obura³, Bert W Hoeksema^{4

5}, Charles Sheppard^{6

7}, Michel Pichon⁸, Zoe T Richards^{9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. paularwen@gmail.com.
² Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. paularwen@gmail.com.
³ Coastal Oceans Research and Development-Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya.
⁴ Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁵ Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
⁶ School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
⁷ School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
⁸ Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁹ Coral Conservation and Research Group, Trace and Environmental DNA Laboratory, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
¹⁰ Collections and Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia.

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Paul R Muir et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;6(4):357-358.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01659-5. Epub 2022 Feb 14.

Paul R Muir^{1

2}, David O Obura³, Bert W Hoeksema^{4

5}, Charles Sheppard^{6

7}, Michel Pichon⁸, Zoe T Richards^{9

10}

¹ Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. paularwen@gmail.com.
² Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. paularwen@gmail.com.
³ Coastal Oceans Research and Development-Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya.
⁴ Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁵ Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
⁶ School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
⁷ School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
⁸ Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁹ Coral Conservation and Research Group, Trace and Environmental DNA Laboratory, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
¹⁰ Collections and Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia.

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Reply to: Conclusions of low extinction risk for most species of reef-building corals are premature.
Dietzel A, Bode M, Connolly SR, Hughes TP. Dietzel A, et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2022 Apr;6(4):359-360. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01660-y. Epub 2022 Feb 14. Nat Ecol Evol. 2022. PMID: 35165391 No abstract available.

The population sizes and global extinction risk of reef-building coral species at biogeographic scales.
Dietzel A, Bode M, Connolly SR, Hughes TP. Dietzel A, et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021 May;5(5):663-669. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01393-4. Epub 2021 Mar 1. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021. PMID: 33649542

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