Threats to Coral Reefs Ranked

>>> 1. Ocean warming
>>> 2. Coral disease
>>> 3. Ocean acidification
>>> 4. reef fishing-trophic effects
>>> 5. sedimentation
>>> 6. nutrients
>>> 7. sea level rise
>>> 8. toxins
>>> 9. changing ocean circulation
>>> 10. changing storm track/intensities
>>> 11. predation  (think crown-of-thorns starfish and Drupella snails)
>>> 12. reef fishin- habitat impacts/destructive fishing
>>> 13. ornamental trade
>>> 14. natural physical damage (think storms like hurricanes, and tsunamis)
>>> 15. human-induced physical damage
>>> 16. aquatic invasive species
>>> 17. salinity
>>> 18. African/Asian dust
>>> 19. changes in insolation