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Latitudinal limits to coral reef accretion : testing the Darwin point hypothesis at Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, using new evidence from high resolution remote sensing and in situ data /Siciliano, Daria. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of California, Santa Cruz, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online. Restricted to UC campuses.
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Reef growth and framework preservation in a turbid lagoon environment, Discovery Bay, North JamaicaMacdonald, Iain Andrew January 2003 (has links)
No description available.
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Recruitment of Marine Sessile Fauna in Kenting Coral ReefsLin, Yi-han 10 September 2007 (has links)
The fate of coral reef biodiversity could be predicted from the extant situation and understanding the possible temporal and spatial mechanisms. Among the many hypotheses explaining the biodiversity, the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis is the most often tested. It proposed that the frequencies and intensities of disturbance determine the biological species diversity of a habitat; here seasonal recruitment is not considered an important factor. We propose Seasonal Recruitment Hypothesis here with three important characteristics and predictions: there is different assemblages of recruitment after disturbance in different seasons; the following succession is lead by these initial assemblages and thus have different patches for spaces created in different seasons. Mosaic of patches, each with different history, combined to form a high diversity ecosystem of coral reefs. In this investigation, the first hypothesis that recruitment assemblage is different among season, is tested.
The study site is located in the coral reef of Kenting in southern Taiwan. We put out recruitment panels to simulate space generated after disturbance, at two-month intervals; then we checked the abundance of sessile fauna on the inside and outside surface of plates. A total of 17 zoological taxa was identified and numbered. Then Primer was used to ordinate the assemblages of recruitment from different seasons. A significant seasonal effect was found. Thus the first stage of the Seasonal Recruitment Hypothesis was supported.
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The geological effect of grazing by parrotfish (Scaridae) on a Barbados coral reef /Frydl, Paul M. January 1977 (has links)
No description available.
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Tropical cyclone impacts on coral reef communities : modelling the disturbance regime in the Great Barrier Reef region, 1969-2003.Puotinen, M. L. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- James Cook University, 2004. / Appendix 6 contained on CD-ROM. Typescript (photocopy). Bibliography: leaves 283-299.
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Spatial and Temporal Biodiversity Patterns of Coral Reef Cryptofauna on the Arabian PeninsulaVillalobos Vazquez de la Parra, Rodrigo 08 1900 (has links)
Coral reef cryptobenthic communities are largely understudied yet they
contribute to the large majority of coral reef biodiversity. The main aim of this
dissertation was to understand the effects of the organic C, temperature,
surrounding benthic communities, salinity, catastrophic events, time, and
limitations to dispersal of the cryptobenthic communities. Using 54 ARMS along
the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast, we found that temperature, chlorophyll-a
concentration, and photosynthetic active radiation affected the number of OTUs
of the cryptobiome, i.e., its biodiversity. We found temperature, energy available,
and benthic structure to be associated with distinct cryptobenthic communities
and to influence its diversity patterns. These environmental conditions affected
differentially the abundance of specific organisms. We also investigated the
inter-annual patterns of variability of this biological component in the central Red
Sea. We deployed and collected ARMS in four reefs along a cross shelf gradient in
three sampling periods spanning 6 years (2013-2019). This period included the
2015/2016 mass bleaching event. We observed cross shelf differences in
community composition to be consistent over time and maintained after the
bleaching event. However, turnover was significantly higher between
prebleaching and post bleaching sampling years than between post bleaching
comparisons. Cryptobenthic communities of 2019 presented a slight return to
prebleaching composition. In light of predictions of returning bleaching events
every 6 years, the observed return might not be sufficient for reaching a full
recovery. We investigated the relative contribution of two ecological theories:
the neutral theory (associated with the limitations to dispersal and therefore
geographic distance) and the niche filtering (associated with environmental
conditions that limit colonization). We used 50 ARMS collected from the north,
central, and south Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf, and Oman Gulf. We found that
limitation to dispersal and environmental filtering to influence beta diversity.
However, the geographic distance had a better fit with the beta diversity patterns
observed, suggesting a preponderance of the neutral theory of ecology
explaining the community patterns. This dissertation provides fundamental
information on characterization of the cryptobiome in the Arabian Peninsula.
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The geological effect of grazing by parrotfish (Scaridae) on a Barbados coral reef /Frydl, Paul M. January 1977 (has links)
No description available.
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A mechanistic approach to understanding and predicting hydrodynamic disturbance on coral reefs /Madin, Joshua Simon. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University, 2004. / Typescript (photocopy). Appendices : leaves 141-146. Bibliography : leaves 147-169. Also available in an electronic version via the Internet.
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Changes in the Great Barrier Reef since European settlement : implications for contemporary management /Daley, Benjamin. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University, 2005. / Typescript (photocopy) Bibliography: p. 511-553.
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Controls on reef framework and sediment preservation : examples from the Holocene and Pleistocene of Jamaica, and the Miocene of MallorcaPerry, Christopher Thomas January 1997 (has links)
No description available.
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