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Smothering effects by marine snow on coral reef organisms, Great Barrier Reef

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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A preliminary study on the effects of marine snow on organisms of the Great Barrier Reef was carried out experimentally in the laboratory.A 15 cm branch of Acropora sp. (from a coastal reef near Cairns) was cut into 20 pieces less than 1 cm and positioned in groups of four on slides and exposed to sedimentation in tanks with different water regimes: coastal water (contained some marine snow), offshore water (no marine snow detected), nearshore water (no marine snow detected). To test the short-term effects of deposition of TEP-enriched muddy marine snow and sediments on the survival of small reef associated organisms, by exposing them to sediments with and without TEP-enrichment.

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Title Smothering effects by marine snow on coral reef organisms, Great Barrier Reef
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/14adaf8b-015b-46e3-bdc2-f12cfcbabaec
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 24/04/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Smothering effects by marine snow on coral reef organisms, Great Barrier Reef". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/smothering-effects-by-marine-snow-on-coral-reef-organisms-great-barrier-reef1