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AIMS Media - Issues - Coral Reefs and Climate Change - 2006
AIMS focuses on these possible adaptive changes in corals and their effects on coral growth. Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2, the principal greenhouse gas) is changing the chemistry of ... St Petersburg, Florida sponsored by NSF/NOAA/USGS. McNeil BI, RJ Matear & DJ Barnes (2004) Coral reef calcification and climate change: the effect of ocean warming. Geophys Res Lett 31, L22309 ...
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AIMS Media - Issues - Coral Reefs and Climate Change - 2005
This change may, however, only occur in a few species and not be sufficiently ... , provides the first observational evidence from the field that lower pH is associated with reduced coral growth. Calcification rate also depends on water temperature and AIMS provided evidence (Lough & Barnes 2000) ...
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Headlines@Hopkins: Johns Hopkins University News Releases
The team showed that corals can ... the aragonite-producing corals grown in modern water. "The reduction in the corals' rate of growth that accompanied their exposure to the chemically modified seawaters is further evidence of corals' extreme ...
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Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program: Contribution List
Graus, R.R. and I.G. Macintyre. 1989. The zonation patterns of Caribbean Coral reefs as controlled by wave and light energy input, bathymetric setting and reef morphology: Computer ... II. Kinorhyncha. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences 18:1-131 Highsmith, R.C. 1979. Coral growth rates and environmental control of density banding. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology ...
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In the News - National Coral Reef Institute
University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, plans to study the coral's chemical composition for information on ocean temperatures and the effect of sewage. There has ... to learn how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans have affected coral growth. Produced by automobiles, power plants and various industrial sources, carbon dioxide is the most ...
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CHAMP - Coral Reef Biology - NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Due to their immense species diversity and spectacular geologic framework, coral reefs provide ideal habitat for thousands of fish species. Through time many different fishes have ... times results in the stunned fish seeking shelter and the diver hacking away at old coral growth to reach the hidden, incapacitated fish. The growing demand for reef fishes, both for ...
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Coral Siltation References
Marine Biology 68: 229-233. Dodge, R. E., Aller, R.C. & Thomson, J. (1974). Coral growth related to resuspension of bottom sediments. Nature 247: 574-577. Dodge, R. E., Vaisnys, J ... : 163-169. Larcombe, P. W., K.J. (1999). Terrigenous sediments as influences upon Holcene nearshore coral reefs, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 46: 141-154. Logan, ...
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Coral Trade
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are two U.S. government agencies involved in the coral issue. 8. Legal Standing: TREATY A variety of nations have included regulatory legislation concerning the ... states: No person shall cut, carve, injure, mutilate, remove, displace, or break off any underwater growth or formation. Nor shall any person dig in the bottom, or in any other way ...
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Landis Inc.: Growth Planning and Management > Coastal Development and Regulatory Projects 
Assessment Projects Threatened and Endangered Species Assessment Projects Land Application of Waste and Wastewater Projects Environmental Crime and Forensic Investigation Projects -------------------- Growth Planning and Management Greenfield Industrial Projects Greenfield Commercial Projects Urban Redevelopment Projects Economic Development Industrial Siting and Permitting Economic Development ...
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Terminalia amazonia Roble Coral Tropical Hardwood
The immature fruits are depredated by parrots and parakeet bands. Experimental plots of roble coral in the northern zone of Costa Rica with spacing that varies from 2 x 2 m (6.6 x ... .12 x 13.12 feet) at three years of age are achieving up to 85% survival, with an average growth of 5 m (16.5 feet) and 5.8 cm (2.28 inches) DBH. This species is believed to ...
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