Nitrogen enrichment, altered stoichiometry, and coral reef decline at Looe Key, Florida Keys, USA: a 3-decade study

BE Lapointe, RA Brewton, LW Herren, JW Porter, C Hu - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Increased loadings of nitrogen (N) from fertilizers, top soil, sewage, and atmospheric
deposition are important drivers of eutrophication in coastal waters globally. Monitoring …

Fine sediment and particulate organic matter: A review and case study on ridge-to-reef transport, transformations, fates, and impacts on marine ecosystems

Z Bainbridge, S Lewis, R Bartley, K Fabricius… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Studies documenting the effects of land-derived suspended particulate matter (SPM, ie,
particulate organic matter and mineral sediment) on marine ecosystems are typically …

Water quality mediates resilience on the Great Barrier Reef

MA MacNeil, C Mellin, S Matthews, NH Wolff… - Nature Ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Threats from climate change and other human pressures have led to widespread concern
for the future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Resilience of GBR reefs will be …

Impaired recovery of the Great Barrier Reef under cumulative stress

JC Ortiz, NH Wolff, KRN Anthony, M Devlin, S Lewis… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Corals of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have declined over the past 30 years. While reef
state depends on the balance between disturbance and recovery, most studies have …

Design and development of low cost smart turbidity sensor for water quality monitoring in fish farms

L Parra, J Rocher, J Escrivá, J Lloret - Aquacultural Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Turbidity monitoring is necessary in many cases and several sensors have been developed
for this purpose. However, in some cases to quantify the turbidity it is not enough and its …

Nearshore turbid-zone corals exhibit high bleaching tolerance on the Great Barrier Reef following the 2016 ocean warming event

KM Morgan, CT Perry, JA Johnson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
High sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) during summer
2015/2016 caused extensive coral bleaching, with aerial and in-water surveys confirming …

[HTML][HTML] Land use change in the river basins of the Great Barrier Reef, 1860 to 2019: A foundation for understanding environmental history across the catchment to …

SE Lewis, R Bartley, SN Wilkinson, ZT Bainbridge… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Land use in the catchments draining to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon has changed
considerably since the introduction of livestock grazing, various crops, mining and urban …

Bio-physical determinants of sediment accumulation on an offshore coral reef: A snapshot study

SB Tebbett, JA Schlaefer, CL Bowden… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sediments are found on all coral reefs around the globe. However, the amount of sediment
in different reservoirs, and the rates at which sediments move between reservoirs, can …

Submarine groundwater discharge exceeds river inputs as a source of nutrients to the Great Barrier Reef

DR Tait, IR Santos, S Lamontagne… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rivers are often assumed to be the main source of nutrients triggering eutrophication in the
Great Barrier Reef (GBR). However, existing nutrient budgets suggest a major missing …

Light limitation and depth-variable sedimentation drives vertical reef compression on turbid coral reefs

KM Morgan, MA Moynihan, N Sanwlani… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Turbid coral reefs experience high suspended sediment loads and low-light conditions that
vertically compress the maximum depth of reef growth. Although vertical reef compression is …