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Animals
Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef
26-Jul-2021
Caribbean asphyxiation
Brittlestars and other marine invertebrates climbed to the top of a coral reef to avoid an acute low-oxygen (hypoxic) event in Almirante Bay, Panama, September, 2017. Credit: Maggie Johnson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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Maggie Johnson, MarineGEO post-doctoral fellow, studies the effects of temperature, ocean acidification and now hypoxia on corals. During the hypoxic event, she took lettuce corals, Agaricia tenuifolia, collected from the same depths at different sites, back to the lab, where she determined coral health. Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Blanca Figuerola, STRI post-doctoral fellow, categorizes microgastropods. She used microgastropods from coral reef sediments to compare the effects of hypoxia on new and old reefs and to understand how people's presence in the region contributes to marine hypoxia. Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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Nature Communications
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Animals
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2021-07-26
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Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef
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APA:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. (2021, July 29). Caribbean asphyxiation. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOKEM7L/caribbean-asphyxiation.html
MLA:
"Caribbean asphyxiation." Brightsurf News, Jul. 29 2021, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOKEM7L/caribbean-asphyxiation.html.