Main Point/Introduction
The scientific name of the coral studied in this experiment.
What is Acropora cervicornis?
The number of individual tanks in this experiment, each containing one coral fragment.
What is 36?
This treatment resulted in significantly lower skeletal growth and was noted to cause the most pronounced physiological changes overall.
What is OAW+MP (combined treatment)?
This technique, which involves measuring the change in weight of the coral fragment underwater, was used to calculate skeletal growth between day 1 and 22.
What is the bouyant weight method?
Microplastics are defined by this paper as fragments of plastic within this diameter range, in micrometers.
What is 1-1000 micrometers?
The year used to determine the intermediate predicted future ocean conditions (pH = 7.92, temp. = 30.6 °C.)
What is 2075?
This metric was found to be significantly higher in both the MP and OAW+MP treatments compared to control.
The genus name for this coral species, Acropora, means ____ in Greek.
What is summit or tip?
The main research objective of this study.
What is measuring the impacts of the combined stress of OAW+MP?
(DAILY DOUBLE!) These specific variables were measured and used to assess A. cervicornis' responses.
What are skeletal growth, photosynthetic efficiency, symbiont density and chlorophyll a content, host and total protein?
This normalized measurement was significantly lower in the OAW+MP treatment, suggesting that symbiont cell proliferation may have outpaced chlorophyll synthesis.
What is the chlorophyll a content per symbiont cell?
Dr. Fogarty received her PhD from ___, and is currently performs research and works as an associate professor at ___.
What are Florida State University, University of North Carolina at Wilmington?