Suspended sediment grain size and mineralogy across the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef: Impacts on the physiology of a coral reef sponge

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-95

  Bannister, R J ^a   Battershill, C N ^a,b   de Nys, R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic pollution; Distribution; Porifera; Respiration; Rhopaloeides odorabile; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAIN SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPONGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PORIFERA; RHOPALOEIDES ODORABILE;

EID: 83555164737     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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