Rapid Smothering of Coral Reef Organisms by Muddy Marine Snow

By Katharina E. Fabricius, E. Wolanski. 2000

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Watersheds and Coral Reefs: Conservation Science, Policy, and Implementation (2007, background): “More subtle effects include the nucleation of marine snow (Wolanski et al. 2004) and the smothering of benthic infaunal organisms responsible for bioturbation and aeration of sediments, leading to anoxia and to the production of toxic sulfides that can be released during storms and associated wave e”
Effects of accumulations of sediments and drift algae on recruitment of sessile organisms associated with oyster reefs (2006, background): “Adverse effects of sedimentation have been documented on coral and rocky reef assemblages (e.g. Rogers, 1990; Fabricius and Wolanski, 1999; Airoldi, 2003; Eriksson and Johansson, 2003).”
Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis. (2005, result): “These and similar data demonstrate the critical (but as yet poorly understood) interactions between sediment quality and quantity on coral damage (Fabricius and Wolanski, 2000).”
Environmental impacts of dredging and other sediment disturbances on corals: a review. (2012, unknown): “3; Fabricius and Wolanski, 2000), inhibiting photosynthetic production and increasing respiration as well as creating a diffusion barrier.”
Modification of the physical environment by an Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) canopy and implications for associated foliose algae (2005, background): “Suspended sediment particles attenuate light and reduce bottom irradiance (Dean 1985), and they also abrade and smother benthic organisms (Daly and Mathieson 1977; D’Antonio 1986; Fabricius and Wolanski 2000).”