DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.03.026
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84902085977
论文题名: Health of the coral reefs at the US Navy Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba: A preliminary report based on isotopic records from gorgonians
作者: Risk M.J. ; Burchell M. ; Brunton D.A. ; McCord M.R.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2014
卷: 83, 期: 1 起始页码: 282
结束页码: 289
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Coral reefs
; Eutrophication
; Gorgonians
; Guantánamo
; Nitrogen isotopes
Scopus关键词: Eutrophication
; Isotopes
; Nitrogen
; River pollution
; Coral reef
; Fringing reefs
; Gorgonians
; Isotopic record
; Land-based sources
; Nitrogen isotopes
; Stable isotope ratios
; Strong correlation
; Reefs
; carbon
; nitrogen 15
; sea water
; carbon
; nitrogen
; bioindicator
; carbon
; coral reef
; drainage
; eukaryote
; eutrophication
; isotopic ratio
; marine pollution
; nitrogen isotope
; plume
; pollutant source
; pollution effect
; article
; controlled study
; coral reef
; Cuba
; environmental health
; environmental impact
; environmental protection
; excision
; invertebrate
; isotope labeling
; nonhuman
; plexaura homomalla
; plume
; river
; sea pollution
; United States
; analysis
; animal
; Anthozoa
; bay
; chemistry
; environmental monitoring
; pollution
; Cuba
; Guantanamo
; Anthozoa
; Gorgonacea
; Gorgonia
; Plexaura homomalla
; Animals
; Anthozoa
; Bays
; Carbon Isotopes
; Coral Reefs
; Cuba
; Environmental Monitoring
; Environmental Pollution
; Nitrogen Isotopes
; United States
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Specimens of the gorgonian Plexaura homomalla were sampled from several areas along the fringing reefs fronting the United States Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Sample coverage extended from apparently healthy reefs in oceanic waters to declining reefs located in the plume of the drainage from upper parts of Guantánamo Bay. Tentacle tips were excised, and trunk sections were cut and polished. Stable isotope ratios of nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon indicate a strong correlation of reef health with proximity to the plume of the river.Of all the worldwide cases in which land-based sources of pollution have impacted reefs, this one may well be the most intractable. The US Navy has jurisdiction over the reefs, with the obligation to protect them, yet the threat comes down the river from Cuba. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/85464
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作者单位: PO Box 1195, Durham, ON N0G 1R0, Canada; Dep't. of Archeology, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, Canada; Baird Engineering, Oakville, ON, Canada; Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Recommended Citation:
Risk M.J.,Burchell M.,Brunton D.A.,et al. Health of the coral reefs at the US Navy Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba: A preliminary report based on isotopic records from gorgonians[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2014-01-01,83(1)