REEF-BUILDING CORAL SKELETONS AS CHEMICAL POLLUTION (PHOSPHORUS) INDICATORS Academic Article uri icon

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.

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