Octocoral populations and connectivity in continental Ecuador and Galápagos, Eastern Pacific [0.03%]
太平洋东部厄瓜多尔大陆和加拉帕戈斯的八触手珊瑚种群及联系性研究
Sascha C C Steiner,Priscilla Martínez,Fernando Rivera et al.
Sascha C C Steiner et al.
Octocorals are important zoobenthic organisms, contributing to structural heterogeneity and species diversity on hardgrounds. Their persistence amidst global coral reef degradation and ocean acidification, has prompted renewed interest in t...
Howard R Lasker,Lorenzo Bramanti,Georgios Tsounis et al.
Howard R Lasker et al.
Coral reefs throughout the tropics have experienced large declines in the abundance of scleractinian corals over the last few decades, and some reefs are becoming functionally dominated by animal taxa other than scleractinians. This phenome...
William F Precht,Richard B Aronson,Toby A Gardner et al.
William F Precht et al.
Caribbean reefs have experienced unprecedented changes in the past four decades. Of great concern is the perceived widespread shift from coral to macroalgal dominance and the question of whether it represents a new, stable equilibrium for c...
Chiara Pisapia,Peter J Edmunds,Holly V Moeller et al.
Chiara Pisapia et al.
Changes in the size structure of coral populations have major consequences for population dynamics and community function, yet many coral reef monitoring projects do not record this critical feature. Consequently, our understanding of curre...
Coral community life histories and population dynamics driven by seascape bathymetry and temperature variability [0.03%]
生境地形和温度变化驱动的珊瑚群落生活史与种群动态
Tim R McClanahan
Tim R McClanahan
Temperature variability, habitat, coral communities, and fishing intensity are important factors influencing coral responses to climate change. Consequently, chronic and acute sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) and their interactions with habi...
COTSMod: A spatially explicit metacommunity model of outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish and coral recovery [0.03%]
基于空间的冠状星盘海星大爆发及珊瑚恢复的显式集合种群模型(COTSMod)
S A Matthews,K Shoemaker,Morgan S Pratchett et al.
S A Matthews et al.
Outbreaks of the Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthaster cf. solaris) have been responsible for 40% of the decline in coral cover on the GBR over the last 35 years. With the intensity and frequency of bleaching and cyclonic dist...
Larval connectivity and water quality explain spatial distribution of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks across the Great Barrier Reef [0.03%]
幼体连接和水质解释了大堡礁指环海星爆发的空间分布
S A Matthews,C Mellin,Morgan S Pratchett
S A Matthews
Outbreaks of the coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthasts cf. solaris) occur in cyclical waves along the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), contributing significantly to the decline in hard coral cover over the past 30 years. One main...
Biophysical model of coral population connectivity in the Arabian/Persian Gulf [0.03%]
波斯湾石珊瑚种群连接性的生物物理模型
Geórgenes Cavalcante,Filipe Vieira,Jonas Mortensen et al.
Geórgenes Cavalcante et al.
The coral reef ecosystems of the Arabian/Persian Gulf (the Gulf) are facing profound pressure from climate change (extreme temperatures) and anthropogenic (land-use and population-related) stressors. Increasing degradation at local and regi...
Considering the rates of growth in two taxa of coral across Pacific islands [0.03%]
考虑两种珊瑚纲生物在太平洋岛屿上的生长速率
Stuart A Sandin,Clinton B Edwards,Nicole E Pedersen et al.
Stuart A Sandin et al.
Reef-building coral taxa demonstrate considerable flexibility and diversity in reproduction and growth mechanisms. Corals take advantage of this flexibility to increase or decrease size through clonal expansion and loss of live tissue area ...
Population fluctuations of the fungiid coral Cycloseris curvata, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador [0.03%]
厄瓜多尔加拉帕戈斯群岛真管藻珊瑚Cycloseris curvata的种群波动
Joshua S Feingold,Brandon Brulé
Joshua S Feingold
Fungiid corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) occur at isolated locations scattered throughout the eastern tropical Pacific. They can be reef-associated but are often found on sand and rubble substrata distant from reef coral habitat. C...