Article
Reef-Building Coral Skeletons as Chemical Pollution (Phosphorus) Indicators
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-1984
Keywords
- Coral reefs,
- Water pollution (chemical)
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.
DOI
10.1016/0025-326X(84)90317-5
Additional Comments
NOAA grant #: NA 80 RAD 00045
Disciplines
Citation Information
Dodge, Richard E., T. D. Jickells, Anthony H. Knap, S. Boyd, and R. P. M. Bak. 1984. "Reef-building coral skeletons as chemical pollution (phosphorus) indicators." Marine Pollution Bulletin no. 15 (5):178-187. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0025-326X(84)90317-5.
©1984 Pergamon Press Ltd.