The relationship between bleaching of Acropora grandis and hydrological factors in the coastal area of Kenting, Taiwan. / 墾丁海域巨枝軸孔珊瑚(Acroporagrandis)白化現象與水文條件之關係

碩士 / 國立中山大學 / 海洋資源學系研究所 / 91 / Abstract
The coral reef ecosystem is known to have high diversity and productivity such as rainforest on land. There is a fringing coral reef located in the Kenting National Park in Taiwan. However, from July 1987, the corals near a nuclear powder plant were frequently bleached in summer. In this research, we had used Acropora grandis as an indicator to study the relationship between the bleaching events of coral with environmental parameters during 1994 to 1998. The results showed that the corals exhibited serious bleaching when the ambient temperature was high. The other environmental parameters were relatively irrelevant. However, during the cool seasons, from January to May, the chl. a of the corals at the right side of warm water effluent, was even than those of the control, showing a better growth result from the warmer temperature. Further analysis showed that bleaching was correlated with water temperature, regional precipitation and sea surface temperature with one and two month before the event, yet not with those of the same month. Human activity in the coastal area was another important factor that caused the deterioration of local coral reef.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/091NSYS5277003
Date January 2003
CreatorsChun-Chung Ho, 何俊忠
ContributorsLee-Shing Fang, Chi-Hsin Hsu, 方力行, 徐基新
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format63

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