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Research Projects -
Pacific Islands
The objectives are to identify chemical and microbial contaminants associated with African dust air masses in source and downwind sites and determine the effects of dust particles and the chemical contaminants on downwind coral reefs and human health. This large, integrated project in the National Park of American Samoa seeks to determine the internal and external factors that increase the ability of a wide variety of corals to resist environmental stress. The microbial task will investigate seasonal shifts in the coral-associated bacterial communities.
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
African Dust, Ecosystems, and Human Health
Global Climate - Microbial Communities as a Diagnostic Tool?