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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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Autores principales: Flores, Florita, Hoogenboom, Mia O., Smith, Luke D., Cooper, Timothy F., Abrego, David, Negri, Andrew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22662225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037795