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The influence of nearshore waters on corals of the Florida reef tract.
| Title: | The influence of nearshore waters on corals of the Florida reef tract. |
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| Name(s): |
Cook, Clayton B. Mueller, E. M. Ferrier, M. D. Annis, E. R. |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 2002 | |
| Publisher: | CRC Press | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, FL | |
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| Extent: | 21 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007396 (IID), 10.1201/9781420039412 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Despite the widespread impression that Florida Bay and other nearshore waters are detrimentalto corals growing on the Florida Reef Tract, surprisingly few studies directly address this question.Hudson (1981) measured the linear growth of corals on a transect from the Keys to the Reef Tractstarting at Snake Creek and found that linear growth rate increased with distance from shore. Weexamined the possibility that nearshore waters particularly, those emanating from Florida Bay, areresponsible for decreased coral vigor (thus, reef development) in the Middle Keys by measuringthe growth and nutrient exposure of Montastraea faveolata explants over one year at two locationsnear Long Key, a site of maximal impact from inshore waters. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1398 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Cook, C. B., Mueller, E. M., Ferrier, M. D., & Annis, E. (2002). The influence of nearshore waters on corals of the Florida reef tract. In J. W. Porter, & K. G. Porter (Eds.), The Everglades, Florida Bay and coral reefs of the Florida Keys: an ecosystem sourcebook (pp. 771-788). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. |
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| Subject(s): |
Florida, Straits of Reefs--Florida Corals--Florida Montastraea Corals--Growth |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007396 | |
| Links: | https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420039412 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
