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Caribbean asphyxiation

Desperate brittlestars, suffocating corals and resilient microbes: the first characterization of an acute marine hypoxic event and its historical context

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Maggie Johnson, Bocas del Toro Research Station

image: Maggie Johnson, MarineGEO post-doctoral fellow, studies the effects of temperature, ocean acidification and now hypoxia on corals. During the hypoxic event, she took lettuce corals, Agaricia tenuifolia, collected from the same depths at different sites, back to the lab, where she determined coral health. view more 

Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Journal

Nature Communications

DOI

10.1038/s41467-021-24777-3

Method of Research

Observational study

Subject of Research

Animals

Article Title

Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef

Article Publication Date

26-Jul-2021

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