Excess seawater nutrients, enlarged algal symbiont densities and bleaching sensitive reef locations: 1. Identifying thresholds of concern for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 152, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Wooldridge, Scott A ^a  

^a Catchment to Reef Management Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleaching resistance; Coral health; Resilience; Symbiosis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CORAL HEALTH; ENERGY RESERVES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LOW RESISTANCE; RESILIENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICS; SYMBIOSIS;

REEFS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; SEA WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL BLEACHING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; STRESS RESISTANCE; SYMBIOSIS; WATER QUALITY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACROPORA; ALGA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; EUTROPHICATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; CORAL REEFS; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85048737303     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.04.054     Document Type: Article

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