[Coral-List] Recent paper about land-based source pollution impacts in Acropora palmata

[Szmant, Alina]

Hi Edwin:

With all due respect, I do not think that the methods you report using to measure nutrient concentrations would yield usable data for marine waters.  The concentrations you report (and the variance) are excessively high and the La Motte system you report using would not be used by any knowledgeable marine nutrient chemist:  Just not sensitive enough for this application.  It is difficult and takes considerable expertise and equipment to do nutrients in tropical marine waters.  If you think I am incorrect, I would appreciate it if you could send me some of your raw data including your blanks and standards for me to review.  

Alina


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From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Hernandez Edwin
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 11:00 AM
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Subject: [Coral-List] Recent paper about land-based source pollution impacts in Acropora palmata

Dear Listers!

Greetings! Just a quick notice to inform you of our recent publication regarding the impacts of land-based source pollution on remnant populations of threatened Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Aspects such as eutrophication and sewage pollution are addressed in the context of how much chronic pollution interferes with the natural ability of corals to bounce back from disturbance and sea surface warming trends.


It is an open access paper, so you can download it directly from the link below.


Unsustainable Land-Based Source Pollution in a Climate of Change: A Roadblock to the Conservation and Recovery of Elkhorn Coral Acropora palmata (Lamarck
1816)
  
          
Unsustainable Land-Based Source Pollution in a Climate of Change: A Roadblock to the Conservatio...
Chronic eutrophication and turbidity are critical detrimental factors impacting coral reef ecosystems, adversely affecting their ecological functions, services, benefits, and resilience across multiple spatial scales and over prolonged periods of time. Inadequate land...  
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Best regards and enjoy!

E
 
Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Ph.D. 
Affiliate Researcher 

University of Puerto Rico
Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation Coral Reef Research Group P.O. Box 23360 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3360

Tel (787) 764-0000, x-2009
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e-mail:      coral_giac at yahoo.com
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