Coral reef water quality: Systematic evidence maps
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This project would seek to develop a systematic understanding of the existing body of quantitative information relating water quality measurements to coral ecosystem health. The goal would be to comprehensively synthesize the available literature on a specific set of select water quality and coral metrics and build out an evidence base of data availability and quality. The evidence base would be guided by a conceptual model identifying causal relationships between water quality stressors and coral endpoints, in the context of other stressors, location differences, climate interactions, and land management choices. The evidence base could then be mapped to the conceptual model to understand which causal relationships have a lot versus a little evidence, type and strength of existing evidence, magnitude and consistency of links reported under what conditions, synergies of multiple stressors or conditions, and to identify information gaps.