The large error bars on that number inject uncertainty into our projections of the effects of climate change — from changing storm patterns to sea level rise. (newscientist.com)
Recovery is also highly variable and depends upon interactions of numerous factors, e.g., scale of the disturbance, availability of larvae from surviving corals, availability of substrate for coral settlement, and the type of coral community that existed at the time of the disturbance.ref Changes in storm patterns also threaten associated coral reef habitats such as mangroves. (reefresilience.org)