Industrial sedimentation lowers coral growth rates in turbid lagoon environment, Discovery Bay, Jamaica
"Columbus Park is a turbid lagoonal reef site in Discovery Bay, Jamaica, whre bauxite is loaded onto ships for transport. In Columbus Park, growth of Siderastrea siderea colonies (radial growth rate=2.0+/- 1.7 mm/yr, n=3) and Acropora cervicornis colonies...
Temporal changes in surface partial pressure of carbon dioxide and carbonate saturation state in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean during the 1962-2012 period
"Information on changes in the oceanic carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and air-sea CO2 flux as well as on ocean acidification in the Indian Ocean is very limited. In this study, temporal changes of the inorganic carbon system in the eastern equatorial ...