Table 1 Eligibility criteria
Include | Exclude |
|---|---|
Population: | |
- All tropical reef-building coral species (hermatypic scleractinian species, Millepora species, Heliopora species and Tubipora species) living in the shallow and the mesophotic zones | - Cold-water or deep-water corals - Ahermatypic corals - Free-living dinoflagellates (not as symbionts in corals) - Studies conducted in coral reefs but not about corals (e.g. about coral reef fishes) |
Exposure: | |
- All natural (e.g. nitrate), geogenic (e.g. nickel) and synthetic (e.g. diuron) chemicals coming from human activities - Studies assessing the impact of human activities (e.g. river discharge, distance to a dump or to an industrial effluent source, tourism) on corals without reference to a chemical | - Studies assessing the impact of chemicals coming from natural sources (e.g. nutrients from guano) - Studies assessing the impact of organic carbon - Studies assessing the impact of sedimentation per se or impact of physical disturbances on coral - Marine debris, macro-plastics |
Comparator: | |
- Studies comparing population exposed to chemicals and population unexposed to chemicals - Studies comparing population exposed to chemicals and population prior to exposure to chemicals - Studies comparing population exposed to a range of concentrations/levels of chemicals | |
Outcome: | |
- All outcomes related to tropical reef-building corals, from molecular to community level - Studies reporting evidence of ingestion, concentration or accumulation/uptake of chemicals in the population studied without reporting health consequences - Studies assessing impacts on coral microbiome/symbionts | |
Language: | |
All articles written in English or French (in case a title or an abstract could not be found in English or French, it was directly screened on full-text) | |
Type of document: | |
Journal article, book chapter, report, conference proceeding, PhD or MSc thesis | Presentation, editorial material, letter or news item, conference or meeting abstract, poster |
Type of content: | |
In-situ or ex-situ studies | Reviews and meta-analyses, modelling studies without experimental data |