Sewage pollution: Mitigation is key for coral reef stewardship

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1355, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-30

  Wear, Stephanie L ^a,b   Thurber, Rebecca Vega ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Eutrophication; Marine conservation; Multiple stressors; Reef management; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL; TOXIN; SEWAGE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHY; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLLUTION; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER QUALITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMANS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84947018771     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12785     Document Type: Article

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