Chronic exposure of corals to fine sediments: lethal and sub-lethal impacts.

Understanding the sedimentation and turbidity thresholds for corals is critical in assessing the potential impacts of dredging projects in tropical marine systems. In this study, we exposed two species of coral sampled from offshore locations to six levels of total suspended solids (TSS) for 16 week...

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Main Authors: Florita Flores, Mia O Hoogenboom, Luke D Smith, Timothy F Cooper, David Abrego, Andrew P Negri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3360596?pdf=render