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ArticleNature2018

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages.

Terry P Hughes, James T Kerry, Andrew H Baird, Sean R Connolly, Andreas Dietzel, C Mark Eakin, Scott F Heron, Andrew S Hoey, Mia O Hoogenboom, Gang Liu and 6 more

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 363 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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363citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

363 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Terry P HughesAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. terry.hughes@jcu.edu.au.
James T KerryAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Andrew H BairdAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Sean R ConnollyAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Andreas DietzelAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
C Mark EakinCoral Reef Watch, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, USA.
Scott F HeronCoral Reef Watch, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, USA.
Andrew S HoeyAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Mia O HoogenboomAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Gang LiuCoral Reef Watch, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, USA.
Michael J McWilliamAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Rachel J PearsGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Morgan S PratchettAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
William J SkirvingCoral Reef Watch, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, USA.
Jessica S StellaGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Gergely TordaAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global warming is rapidly emerging as a universal threat to ecological integrity and function, highlighting the urgent need for a better understanding of the impact of heat exposure on the resilience of ecosystems and the people who depend on them

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Coral ReefsGlobal WarmingAnimalsAnthozoaAustraliaHot TemperaturePopulation Dynamics

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