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The Effects of Shade and Light on Corals in the Context of Coral Bleaching and Shading Technologies
Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol.9(July), 919382
12/07/2022
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Abstract
The current coral reefs crisis is motivating a number of innovative projects attempting to leverage new mechanisms to avoid coral bleaching, reduce coral mortality and restore damaged reefs. Shading the reef, through seawater atomised fogging, is one tool in development to reduce levels of irradiance and temperature. To evaluate the potential viability of this concept, here we review 91 years (1930–2021) of published research looking at the effects of different levels of shade and light on coral reefs. We summarised the types of studies, places, coral species used, common responses variable measured, and types of shades used among studies. We discuss issues related to reef scale shading applicability, different methods used to measure light, standardisation methods and most importantly the positive and negative effects of shading corals.
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- Title
- The Effects of Shade and Light on Corals in the Context of Coral Bleaching and Shading Technologies
- Creators
- Alejandro Tagliafico - Southern Cross UniversityPaul Baker - Sydney Institute of Marine ScienceBrendan Kelaher - Southern Cross UniversitySophia Ellis - National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW, AustraliaDaniel Harrison - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol.9(July), 919382
- Comment
- We thank SCU Library Services (Helen Jack and team) for their help on finding old articles. We extend our deepest respect and recognition to all Traditional Owners of the Gumbaynggirr country where this review was written and to all Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef and its Catchments as First Nations Peoples holding the hopes, dreams, traditions and cultures of the Reef.
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Identifiers
- 991013036322002368
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2022 Tagliafico, Baker, Kelaher, Ellis and Harrison. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; National Marine Science Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article