Coral Reef Ecosystems Research and Protection: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environment of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, April 23, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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... sediments , and ground water infusion ) which are in a delicate balance with each other . Some of the important , but not fully understood linkages in this ecosystem which keep the system in balance and healthy have been weakened . For ...
... sediments , and ground water infusion ) which are in a delicate balance with each other . Some of the important , but not fully understood linkages in this ecosystem which keep the system in balance and healthy have been weakened . For ...
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... sediment deposition of Florida Bay water before it moves through the many cuts in the Keys and into the coral reef tract . Historically , Florida Bay received a significant influx of freshwater from the Everglades and central Florida ...
... sediment deposition of Florida Bay water before it moves through the many cuts in the Keys and into the coral reef tract . Historically , Florida Bay received a significant influx of freshwater from the Everglades and central Florida ...
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... sedimentation , among other factors , affect the functional ecology of coral reefs . Useful research projects could encompass : - experiments to determine the response of model system species to the effects of radiation and temperature ...
... sedimentation , among other factors , affect the functional ecology of coral reefs . Useful research projects could encompass : - experiments to determine the response of model system species to the effects of radiation and temperature ...
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... sedimentation , nutrification , and other problems which affect our waters from areas beyond our jurisdiction . Equally important , as is increasingly recognized , the protection of coral reefs and the maintenance of marine biological ...
... sedimentation , nutrification , and other problems which affect our waters from areas beyond our jurisdiction . Equally important , as is increasingly recognized , the protection of coral reefs and the maintenance of marine biological ...
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... Sediments and nutrients carried by freshwater runoff are filtered off by forests , mangrove wetlands and finally seagrass beds . The existence of coral reefs is directly dependent on the buffering capacity of these shoreward coastal ...
... Sediments and nutrients carried by freshwater runoff are filtered off by forests , mangrove wetlands and finally seagrass beds . The existence of coral reefs is directly dependent on the buffering capacity of these shoreward coastal ...
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