Front. Mar. Sci. Frontiers in Marine Science Front. Mar. Sci. 2296-7745 Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fmars.2017.00171 Marine Science Correction Corrigendum: Long-term Shifts in Coral Communities On Shallow to Deep Reef Slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: Are There Any Winners? De Bakker Didier M. 1 2 * Meesters Erik H. 1 Bak Rolf P. M. 2 3 Nieuwland Gerard 2 Van Duyl Fleur C. 2 * 1Wageningen University and Marine Research Den Helder, Netherlands 2NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University Texel, Netherlands 3Carmabi Foundation Willemstad, Curaçao

Edited and reviewed by: Christian Wild, University of Bremen, Germany

*Correspondence: Didier M. De Bakker didier.debakker@wur.nl; didierdebakker@gmail.com

Fleur C. Van Duyl fleur.van.duyl@nioz.nl

This article was submitted to Coral Reef Research, a section of the journal Frontiers in Marine Science

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 A corrigendum on Long-term Shifts in Coral Communities On Shallow to Deep Reef Slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: Are There Any Winners? by De Bakker, D. M., Meesters, E. H., Bak, R. P. M., Nieuwland, G., and Van Duyl, F. C. (2016). Front. Mar. Sci. 3:247. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00247 coral coral community dynamics reef degradation carbonate production Caribbean anthropogenic stress BO-11-019.02-038 Ministerie van Economische Zaken10.13039/501100003195 Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee10.13039/501100007770

In the original article a correction is described taking into account a possible decrease in carbonate production with decreasing light intensities at greater depths. This correction was eventually not applied to the actual data and does not feature in the results or conclusions. The authors sincerely apologize for this unfortunate error and stress that it does not change the scientific conclusions of this article in any way.

Please find below the exact segment, including “Equation (1)” that should be removed from page 4 of the original paper:

“Moreover, the ReefBudget method provides calcification rates for shallow reefs between 5 m and 10 m depth. In order to compensate for the decrease in carbonate production with increasing depth a correction was applied to rates of carbonate production in quadrats at greater depth (Equation 1).

G=Gmexp(−km)Gm

Where Gm is the carbonate production at maximum light intensity at the surface, k the extinction coefficient (0.05, Bosscher and Schlager, 1992) and m the depth at which the quadrat is located.”

As a consequence, the reference “Bosscher and Schlager, 1992” should also be taken out of the reference list.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.