When is flow re-entrainment important for the flushing time in coastal reef systems?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2020.104194
Abstract: Abstract The rates of water exchange between coastal reef systems and the surrounding ocean are key physical drivers of water quality and reef ecosystems. It is generally assumed that water exiting a reef system through… read more here.
Keywords: water; reef systems; coastal reef; flow entrainment ... See more keywords
Marine litter disrupts ecological processes in reef systems.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.049
Abstract: Marine litter (ML) contaminates essentially all global coastal and marine environments and drives multiple ecosystem-level effects. Although deleterious effects of ML on several organisms have been investigated in the last years, this information tends to… read more here.
Keywords: litter disrupts; marine; reef systems; marine litter ... See more keywords
Coral reef systems of the Mexican Caribbean: Status, recent trends and conservation.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.005
Abstract: Over the last four decades the Mexican Caribbean has experienced intensive coastal development, and change on the reef system condition has already been observed. This paper describes the reef system characteristics, at local and seascape… read more here.
Keywords: status; systems mexican; reef systems; coral reef ... See more keywords
Prey fractionation in the Archaeocyatha and its implication for the ecology of the first animal reef systems
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DOI: 10.1017/pab.2019.32
Abstract: Abstract. Archaeocyaths are the most abundant sponges from the Cambrian period, having formed the first animal reef communities more than 500 million years ago. The Archaeocyatha are index fossils for correlating rocks of similar ages… read more here.
Keywords: ecology; reef systems; animal reef; systems prey ... See more keywords
Marginal Reef Systems: Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World
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DOI: 10.3390/d15060703
Abstract: Marginal coral reefs live under sub-optimal environmental conditions (e [...] read more here.
Keywords: reef systems; systems resilience; marginal reef; resilience rapidly ... See more keywords