The influence of grain size, grain color, and suspended-sediment concentration on light attenuation: Why fine-grained terrestrial sediment is bad for coral reef ecosystems

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Coral reefs

• Publication date

  2015-05-20

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00338-015-1268-0
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