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Recording damage in this way

English translation: treating damaged but recovering corals like undamaged

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English term or phrase:Recording damage in this way
Selected answer:treating damaged but recovering corals like undamaged

11:52 May 7, 2014
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-05-10 17:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Science - Journalism
English term or phrase: Recording damage in this way
Corals that had dead patches, but that were believed to be recovering because of new growth, were grouped together with corals that had no damage at all. Recording damage in this way has obscured the fact that these corals were damaged and underestimated the impacts of the dredging
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treating damaged but recovering corals like undamaged
Explanation:
Treating the damaged, but recovering corals as undamaged has shifted the statistics towards more optimistic numbers.
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Ing. Petr Bajer
Czech Republic
Local time: 23:26
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 -1Taki sposób rejestrowania uszkodzeń
polishedwords
4treating damaged but recovering corals like undamaged
Ing. Petr Bajer


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
recording damage in this way
Taki sposób rejestrowania uszkodzeń


Explanation:
ew. 'Rejestrowanie uszkodzeń w taki sposób'

polishedwords
Poland
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Polish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Dziękuję ;)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Catharine Cellier-Smart: this is an English to English question; asker works in the Italian to Russian language pair.
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
recording damage in this way
treating damaged but recovering corals like undamaged


Explanation:
Treating the damaged, but recovering corals as undamaged has shifted the statistics towards more optimistic numbers.

Ing. Petr Bajer
Czech Republic
Local time: 23:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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