A review of published literature on the sensitivity of corals to turbidity and sedimentation is
presented, with an emphasis on the effects of dredging. The risks and severity of impact from …

There is a need to develop water quality thresholds for dredging near coral reefs that can
relate physical pressures to biological responses and define exposure conditions above …

Unprecedented development along tropical shorelines is causing severe degradation of
coral reefs primarily from increases in sedimentation. Sediment particles smother reef …

In recent decades, coral reef ecosystems have declined to the extent that reefs are now
threatened globally. While many water quality parameters have been proposed to contribute …

We investigated the mechanisms leading to rapid death of corals when exposed to runoff
and resuspended sediments, postulating that the killing was microbially mediated …

Effects of short-term sedimentation on common coastal coral species were investigated in
laboratory and field experiments on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) using pulse-amplitude …

The physiological reactions to sediment of four scleractinia and five alcyonacea from South
Africa were observed in the laboratory. Species tested were Favia favus Forskal, Favites …

Background Management actions that address local-scale stressors on coral reefs can
rapidly improve water quality and reef ecosystem condition. In response to reef managers …

Sedimentation is assumed to affect communities of reef-building corals by inhibiting larval
settlement, however there has been no quantitative evidence to support this supposition …

Estuarine mud, when resuspended in nutrient-rich near-shore water, aggregates to marine
snow, and within minutes to hours can exert detrimental or even lethal effects on small coral …