| Title |
Coral Skeletons Defend against Ultraviolet Radiation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007995 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ruth Reef, Paulina Kaniewska, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg |
| Abstract |
Many coral reef organisms are photosynthetic or have evolved in tight symbiosis with photosynthetic symbionts. As such, the tissues of reef organisms are often exposed to intense solar radiation in clear tropical waters and have adapted to trap and harness photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). High levels of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) associated with sunlight, however, represent a potential problem in terms of tissue damage. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 5 | 4% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Belgium | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 123 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 24% |
| Researcher | 26 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Professor | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 23 | 17% |
| Unknown | 12 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 47% |
| Environmental Science | 24 | 17% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 9 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 15 | 11% |