Vitality of reef coral populations off Key Largo, Florida: Recruitment and mortality

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HBOI Faculty Contributions
Contributors
Dustan, Phillip
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Date Issued
1977
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Recently, questions about the health of the coral reefs of the Florida Keys have been raised. Estimates of net recruitment and mortality of reef corals on Carysfort Reef, Key Largo, Florida, suggest that these populations declined over the 14 month interval studied. The greatest rate of change on Carysfort Reef, the most well developed reef in the northern Keys, occurred in the zone of richest coverage by corals. Water pollution associated with the tremendous increase in the human population of South Florida in the last twenty years may be contributing to the reef's decline.

Language
English
Type
Text
Genre
article
Extent
9 p.
Subject (Topical)
Reefs
Coral
Coral reefs and islands--Florida
Identifier
3176691
Additional Information
Recently, questions about the health of the coral reefs of the Florida Keys have been raised. Estimates of net recruitment and mortality of reef corals on Carysfort Reef, Key Largo, Florida, suggest that these populations declined over the 14 month interval studied. The greatest rate of change on Carysfort Reef, the most well developed reef in the northern Keys, occurred in the zone of richest coverage by corals. Water pollution associated with the tremendous increase in the human population of South Florida in the last twenty years may be contributing to the reef's decline.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publicationavailable at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Dustan, P. (1977). Vitality of reef coralpopulations off Key Largo, Florida: Recruitment and mortality. Environmental Geology, 2(1), 51-58. doi:10.1007/BF02430665
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #69.
Date Backup
1977
Date Text
1977
DOI
10.1007/BF02430665
Date Issued (EDTF)
1977
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Title Plain
Vitality of reef coral populations off Key Largo, Florida: Recruitment and mortality
URL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176691
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Springer-Verlag
1977
single unit
Title
Vitality of reef coral populations off Key Largo, Florida: Recruitment and mortality
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Vitality of reef coral populations off Key Largo, Florida: Recruitment and mortality