Our research conducted through the MCR LTER project aims at defining the population structure of Symbiodinium present in the corals of Moorea and documenting changes over time.Moorea Coral Reef LTERRuthGatesMoorea Coral Reef Lterruthgates
Firstly, the coral-population models were particularly sensitive to the intensity of temperature anomalies (ε). Coral bleaching occurs during the most severe thermal-stress events10when summer temperatures are exacerbated by climatic phenomenon, particularly El Niño events; although recently, thermal-st...
The project team deployed solar-powered buoys on the sea surface, under which underwater sensors were hung at different depths to measure environmental data, including weather conditions, water quality and nutrients, and the population distribution and behavior of marine life. The data is sent in ...
Infectious diseases not regulated by host density, such as vector-borne diseases, have the potential to drive population declines and extinctions. Here we test the vector potential of the snailDrupellasp. and butterflyfishChaetodon plebeiusfor two coral diseases, black band (BBD) and brown band (...
The predicted increases in water temperatures from global climate change will enhance the likelihood of coral bleaching, creating a population of potentially disease-susceptible individuals. Future monitoring of coral-bleaching events should anticipate a subsequent coral disease outbreak from an increasingly ...
Since the mid-1950s, population outbreaks at densities four to six times greater than normal have occurred at the same time in places such as Hawaii, Tahiti, Panama, and the Great Barrier Reef. The result has often been the loss of a fifty percent to nearly one hundred percent of the ...
I: Population structure of snails and corals and Acropora palmata, in the Florida Keys. In each of two survey years, around 50% of the Montastraea spp. colonies were infested, with a mean snail... IB Baums,MAM Szmant - 《Marine Biology》 被引量: 69发表: 2003年 Storm-generated coral ...
Although NTRs had little discernible effect on the temporal dynamics of benthic or fish communities, it was evident that the post-disturbance refuges for coral trout spawning stocks within some NTRs may be critically important to regional-scale population persistence and recovery. 展开 ...
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Population models are important for resource management and can inform about potential trajectories useful for planning purposes, even with incomplete monitoring data. From size frequency data on Luhuitou fringing reef, Hainan, South China Sea, a matrix