REEF-BUILDING CORAL SKELETONS AS CHEMICAL POLLUTION (PHOSPHORUS) INDICATORS

abstract

• The inorganic and total phosphorus concentrations of the skeleton of reef-building corals have been determined on specimens from Bermuda, St Croix and Curacao. Concentrations determined on sub-samples dated by density band growth increments indicate that a record of seawater phosphorus is preserved which, in certain cases, is consistent with the location and time history of sewage and other phorphorus pollution episodes. 1984.

authors

• Knap, Anthony

published proceedings

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

author list (cited authors)

• DODGE, R. E., JICKELLS, T. D., KNAP, A. H., BOYD, S., & BAK, R.

citation count

• 60

complete list of authors

• DODGE, RE||JICKELLS, TD||KNAP, AH||BOYD, S||BAK, RPM

publication date

• May 1984

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN  Journal

keywords

• 11 Sustainable Cities And Communities
• 31 Biological Sciences
• 3103 Ecology
• 41 Environmental Sciences
• 4104 Environmental Management

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0025-326X(84)90317-5

start page

• 178

end page

• 187

volume

• 15

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0025-326x(84)90317-5

user-defined tag

• 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 14 Life Below Water