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Laboratory experiments on the effects of crude oil on the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata
Authors:B. Rinkevich  Y. Loya
Affiliation:Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Center for Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Abstract:Sub-lethal detrimental effects of Iranian crude oil were studied on the hermatypic coral Stylophora pistillata in a long term laboratory experiment. The experimental system consisted of four 1500 l. capacity tanks, two of which were periodically polluted. A significant decrease in the number of female gonads per polyp were recorded in 75% of the colonies in the polluted tanks. It is concluded that chronic-oil pollution damages the reproductive system of scleractinian corals.
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