Heavy Metals in Scleractinian Corals (SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences)

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment—An Overview
	1.1 Heavy Metals
	1.2 Toxicity of Heavy Metals
	1.3 Common Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment
		1.3.1 Cadmium (Cd)
		1.3.2 Copper (Cu)
		1.3.3 Iron (Fe)
		1.3.4 Lead (Pb)
		1.3.5 Zinc (Zn)
		1.3.6 Mercury (Hg)
		1.3.7 Nickel (Ni)
		1.3.8 Chromium (Cr)
		1.3.9 Tin (Sn)
		1.3.10 Arsenic (As)
		1.3.11 Silver (Ag)
		1.3.12 Manganese (Mn)
	1.4 Metal Speciation
	1.5 Summary
	References
2 Coral Reef Ecosystem
	2.1 Coral Reefs—An Overview
	2.2 Zooxanthellae in Corals
	2.3 Coral Nutrition
	2.4 Benefits of Coral Reefs
	2.5 Threats to Coral Reefs
		2.5.1 Natural Causes of Coral Reef Degradation
		2.5.2 Anthropogenic Causes of Coral Reef Degradation
	2.6 Summary
	References
3 The Use of Scleractinian Corals for Heavy Metal Studies
	3.1 Scleractinian Corals
	3.2 Reproduction in Scleractinian Corals
	3.3 Biogeochemistry of Scleractinian Corals
	3.4 Ecotoxicological Studies Using Scleractinian Corals
	3.5 Effects of Heavy Metals in Corals
	3.6 Heavy Metal Pathways in Corals and Understanding the Role of Zooxanthallae
	3.7 Summary
	References
4 Analytical Techniques
	4.1 Analytical Techniques Used for Heavy Metal Analysis in Various Scleractinian Coral Species
	4.2 Summary
	References
Conclusion/Outlook for the Future