Spatial variation of reef fish based on coral lifeform on lihaga island, likupang, north sulawesi
The world's coral reefs are under increasing pressure due to local and global triggering factors (e.g., acidification, pollution, plastic waste, rising temperatures, and wastewater) that degrade the condition and function of coral reefs. These pressures have the potential to cause drastic changes in coral reefs, such as a "shift to the algal phase," in which Scleractinia coral-dominated communities "switch" to macroalgae-dominated communities or less productive algal grasses.