Reef shallowing is a critical control on benthic foraminiferal assemblage composition on nearshore turbid coral reefs

• Main Authors: Johnson, J. A., Perry, C. T., Smithers, S. G., Morgan, Kyle Meredith, Woodroffe, S. A.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; European Settlement; FoRAM Index
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107513; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49730
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Declining water quality represents a major threat to the coral reefs of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Due to their close proximity to river point sources, reefs situated on the inner-shelf of the GBR are widely perceived to be most susceptible to the increased discharge of nutrients and...