SeaSim experiment to find out how reef organisms respond to different light conditions
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Australian Institute of Marine Science, Sam Noonan (AIMS)
Description
The effects of low, medium, high and variable light on two species of coral in their adult and juvenile phase were investigated in a SeaSim experiment, in order to quantify their light thresholds, and to validate the Muir et al (2016) field observation on light thresholds for Acropora.