Percolation Rates of Carassius Auratus Increase as Temperature Increases

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at low temperatures (Sollid et al., 2005).

Our experiment represented a short-term exposure to increased water temperatures. Global

ocean temperatures rising because of global warming and other human impacts would have a more

drastic, long-term effect on marine species and environments. These long-term effects are already being

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observed in areas such as the Great Barrier Reef. Increased water temperatures as low as 1°C or less

could result in the degeneration in coral of protective measures against bleaching, and increase coral

cell mortality by over 50% (Ainsworth et al., 2016). Marine habitats are also being diminished by

pollution. When large quantities of pollutants are released, there may be an immediate impact as

measured by large-scale sudden mortalities of aquatic organisms, such as fish kills resulting from

contamination of waterways with agricultural pesticides. The end results, which may occur long after

the pollutants have passed through the environment, include immunosuppression, reduced metabolism,

and damage to gills and epithelia. (Austin, 1998).

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