Reef lagoon
Wave-induced extreme water levels in the Puerto Morelos fringing reef lagoon
... fringing reef lagoon are investigated by means of a phase-resolving non-hydrostatic wave model ...the reef lagoon for different storm wave con- ditions (H s > 2 ...
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Meso-scale patterns in the distribution of larval fishes across the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon and relationships with environmental variability
... Total number, maximum catch number light-trap-hr 1 , and size ranges of larval and juvenile fishes collected in the light traps from waters of the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon in 19[r] ...
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Distribution and abundance of two juvenile tropical Photololigo species (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in the central Great Barrier Reef Lagoon
... 311 Mo/tschaniwskyj and Doherty: Distribution and abundance ofjuvenile Photololigo Table 7 Depth of the thermocline m at each station on each night of sampling during the three months of[r] ...
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Marine microbial communities of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon are influenced by riverine floodwaters and seasonal weather events
... GBR lagoon, river runoff from agricultural areas introduces sediments, excess nutrients from fertilizers ...GBR lagoon, which inhibits the photosystem II and damages mangroves, seagrass, corals, and other ...
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Phenology of Trichodesmium spp. blooms in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Australia, from the ESA-MERIS 10-year mission
... The GBR has a monsoonal climate with most rainfall occurring during the wet season (summer, November to April, >1,500 mm/year), resulting in episodic large river runoffs that may decrease the lagoonal water salinity ...
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Diuron tolerance and potential degradation by pelagic microbiomes in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
... To explore the reasons for the lack of rapid heterotrophic degradation of diuron in the incubation experiment and the potential for diuron degradation in the GBR lagoon at large, we looked for phenylurea hydrolase ...
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Effects of priority herbicides and their breakdown products on tropical, estuarine microalgae of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon
... Herbicide contamination is ubiquitous in rivers and coastal waters in Queensland, Australia. Globally, most ecotoxicological studies to date investigating the toxicity of herbicides have focused on temperate ...
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Effects of priority herbicides and their breakdown products on tropical, estuarine microalgae of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon
... larger in the benthos (Safi, 2003). Without access to the complete data-sets it is difficult to make actual community structure comparisons between studies, however, from the species- list appended in Safi (2003), it is ...
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Reproduction and growth of the winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
... sterna in Baja California concluded that collectors should not remain immersed for longer than eight weeks at a time, in order to avoid over-exposure to predators, e.g. buccanid and pyramidelid gastropods, tubellarid ...
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Tracing the sources, transport and dispersal of suspended sediment from the Burdekin River catchment into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
... coral reef and seagrass communities that require illumination to photosynthesise and survive, and may eventually lead to loss of ecosystem function through reduced biodiversity (Erftermeiger and Lewis, 2006, ...
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Managing ground cover for economic and sustainability outcomes on grazing lands in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon catchments : Literature Review
... These treatments vary in direct cost from $4,500 to $9,000 per kilometre of gully. To maximise the CE, it is advised to prioritise areas contributing the most sediment (Wilkinson, et al., 2015). A case study on the CE of ...
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Evaluation of a new airborne microwave remote sensing radiometer by measuring the salinity gradients across the shelf of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
... Abstract—Over the last ten years, some operational airborne remote sensing systems have become available for mapping sur- face salinity over large areas in near real time. A new dual- polarized Polarimetric L-band ...
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Flushing time of solutes and pollutants in the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Australia
... Evaporation produces salinities at the coast of the GBR lagoon that can be roughly 1 ppt higher than normal seawater values (Walker 1981, 1982). During the dry season, when fresh- water river inflow is negligible, ...
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Time scales and modes of reef lagoon infilling in the Maldives and controls on the onset of reef island formation
... with reef fl ats near sea level and lagoons of variable depth, char- acteristic of both the perimeter and lagoons of Maldivian (Indian Ocean) ...support reef islands, these provide precious habitable ...
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Nutrient loss and water quality under extensive grazing in the upper Burdekin river catchment, North Queensland
... Increased sediment and nutrient losses resulting from unsustainable grazing management in the Burdekin River catchment are major threats to water quality in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon[r] ...
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Articles
... Alacranes Reef is a highly diverse protected coral reef ecosystem, located in the southern sector of the Gulf of ...Alacranes Reef has been subject to different efforts to inventory its biodiversity, ...
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Habitat-Associated Soundscapes and their Potential Role as a Settlement Cue for Estuarine Larvae.
... that reef sounds provide a distinct habitat indicator at scales relevant to larval transport over heterogeneous seafloor ...over reef habitat, where sound levels increased by up to 30 dB re 1 µPa, primarily ...
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Contamination of Sarotherodon Melanotheron by Lead, Zinc and Copper: Case of PORTO-NOVO lagoon, South of the Republic of Benin
... near lagoon of Cotonou then the methodology and results of the diagnostic eutrophication of Lake Nokoué 16,17 ...tropical lagoon (water, sediment, fish) Porto-Novo and found that the quality of water and ...
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Fast shoreline erosion induced by ship wakes in a coastal lagoon: field evidence and remote sensing analysis
... An investigation based on in-situ surveys combined with remote sensing and GIS analysis revealed fast shoreline retreat on the side of a major waterway, the Malamocco Marghera Channel, in the Lagoon of Venice, ...
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Benthic foraminifera: their importance to future reef island resilience
... Raine Reef are entirely composed of the skeletal remains of marine organisms, particularly benthic foraminifera, which constitute between 30-50% of most beach and reef flat ...the reef, at least 20% ...
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