Coral communities of Hong Kong : long-lived corals in a marginal reef environment

• Main Authors: Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank, McCorry, Denise, DeVantier, Lyndon, Yang, Teng Teng, Switzer, Adam D., True, James D., Hughen, Konrad A., Angeline, N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Geography::Oceanography
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93958; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8727
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hong Kong’s coastal waters afford a marginal environment for coral reef growth, with high seasonal and short-term variability in water temperatures (ranging from <14°C in winter to 31°C in summer), and low summer salinity (as low as 15 psu) due to runoff associated with the Asian wet monsoon seas...