Description
Worldwide coral reefs are being threatened by a range of human activities. Sedimentation, overfishing, global climate change, ship groundings, pathogens and pollution are some of the major human-related stressors impacting coral reefs. Land based sources of pollution can include both organic (e.g. PAHs, PCBs, pesticides) and inorganic (e.g. heavy metals) contaminants, all of which have the potential to impact the ecology of a coral reef ecosystem.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text File | Text | FagaAlu2014_Organics_Sediment.txt | Open resource |
| Text File | Text | FagaAlu2014_Trace_Elements_Sediment.txt | Open resource |
| Text File | Text | Sites_FagaAlu2014.txt | Open resource |
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource |
Tags
- 20641
- american samoa
- as
- chemical contaminants
- coastal ecosystem science
- coastal monitoring
- contaminants
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- ddt
- earth science
- environmental impacts
- environmental monitoring
- human dimensions
- l185 land based sources of pollution in faga'alu
- land based sources of pollution
- metals
- nsandt
- numeric data sets
- ocean basin
- organochlorines
- pacific ocean
- pesticides
- sediments
- trace elements
- tutuila island (14s170w0016)
- united states
- united states of america