Physiological and skeletal morphological responses of corals to light limitation in turbid environments

• Main Author: Teo, Bryan Jun-kai
• Other Authors: Kyle Morgan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Coral fragment; SCUBA; Morphological analysis; Physiological analysis; Turbid reefs; Sediment stress; Resource partitioning and acquisition; Biomass quantification; Corallite quantification; 3D scan; LOI; S/V Ratio; Growth morphology; Trophic mode
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174807
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study aims to investigate the physiological and morphological responses of corals in turbid reef environments. Coral fragments were harvested via recreational SCUBA methods from light-exposed areas of coral colonies. The samples were blasted using an airbrush to collect tissue and symbiont in a...