期刊
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
卷 169, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112580
关键词
Coral reef; Hydrodynamics; Particulates; Sedimentation; Sediment trap; Turbidity
资金
- Australian Research Council [CE140100020, FL190100062]
Most studies only quantify sediment in one reservoir or one sedimentary process, with over-representation of measurements in the water column and sediment trapping rates. Sediments on reef substrata and transitions from water column to benthos were rarely quantified. Only about 20% of sediment measurements were accompanied by quantification of hydrodynamic drivers.
There is a rich literature on coral reef sediments. However, this knowledge is spread among research fields, and the extent to which major sediment reservoirs and reservoir connecting processes have been quantified is unclear. We examined the literature to quantify where and how sediments have been measured on coral reefs and, thereby, identified critical knowledge gaps. In most studies, sediments in one reservoir or one sedimentary process were quantified. The measurement of water column sediments (55% of reservoir measurements) and sediment trapping rates (42% of process measurements) were over-represented. In contrast, sediments on reef substrata, and the transition of sediments from the water column to the benthos, were rarely quantified. Furthermore, only similar to 20% of sediment measurements were accompanied by the quantification of hydrodynamic drivers. Multidisciplinary collaborative approaches offer great promise for advancing our understanding of the connections between sediment reservoirs, and the sedimentary and hydrodynamic processes that mediate these connections.
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