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Coral reef woes linked to bioerosion, wastewater wells

COURTESY DARLA WHITE VIA DLNR / 2013

Although we are seeing improvements in the living layer of the corals at Kahekili, the accelerated bioerosion rates reported on by the USGS can result in the collapse of the underlying reef structure.