Impacts of sediments on coral energetics: partitioning the effects of turbidity and settling particles.

Sediment loads have long been known to be deleterious to corals, but the effects of turbidity and settling particles have not previously been partitioned. This study provides a novel approach using inert silicon carbide powder to partition and quantify the mechanical effects of sediment settling ver...

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Main Authors: Reef K Junjie, Nicola K Browne, Paul L A Erftemeijer, Peter A Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4157877?pdf=render