Table of Contents
Environmental
Factors Affecting Corals and Coral Reefs
Environmental
Factors Correlated with Healthy Reef Coral Growth
The Electromagnetic
Radiation Spectrum
Photosynthetically
Active Radiation
Light Absorption in
the Ocean
Light Absorption in
the Ocean
Light Penetration in
the Ocean
Primary Productivity
PPT Slide
Measuring Primary
Productivity in the Ocean
PPT Slide
PPT Slide
Light-Dark Bottle
Technique
Using the Oxygen
Light-Dark Bottle Technique to Measuring Primary
Productivity
Relationships
Between Gross Production, Respiration, and Net Production
Symbols Used
Calculating GP from
NP and R
Photosynthesis as a
Function of Light Intensity
Photoadaptation in
Corals
Colony Morphology
Responses to Irradiance
Absorption of
Ultraviolet Radiation by the Earth’s Atmsophere
Types of UV and
Human Sunburn Responses
Effects of UV on
Living Things
Corals and UV
Radiation
Ultraviolet
Absorbing Compounds in Corals
Effects of UV on the
Coral-Zooxanthellae Symbiosis
Ozone in the
Atmosphere
Maintaining Ozone
Levels in the Atmosphere
Temperature
Global Distribution
of Coral Reefs
Bleaching
Global Climate
Change
Other Factors
Sediments
Nutrients and Algae
Growth
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Author: David
A. Krupp Email: krupp@hawaii.edu
Home Page: krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu
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