DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.051
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84951740431
论文题名: Colony size-frequency distribution of pocilloporid juvenile corals along a natural environmental gradient in the Red Sea
作者: Lozano-Cortés D.F. ; Berumen M.L.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2016
卷: 105, 期: 2 起始页码: 546
结束页码: 552
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Algae
; Coral reefs
; Demographics
; Juvenile corals
; Parrotfish
; Red Sea
Scopus关键词: Algae
; Reefs
; Coral reef
; Demographics
; Juvenile corals
; Parrotfish
; Red sea
; Population distribution
; alga
; bioindicator
; coral reef
; demographic survey
; environmental disturbance
; environmental stress
; fish
; juvenile
; physicochemical property
; pollution monitoring
; adolescent
; coral
; juvenile
; population model
; productivity
; salinity
; turbidity
; animal
; Anthozoa
; chemistry
; coral reef
; environmental monitoring
; fish
; growth, development and aging
; herbivory
; Indian Ocean
; oceanography
; physiology
; population density
; procedures
; Saudi Arabia
; season
; seaweed
; Indian Ocean
; Red Sea [Indian Ocean]
; algae
; Anthozoa
; Pocilloporidae
; Scaridae
; sea water
; Animals
; Anthozoa
; Coral Reefs
; Environmental Monitoring
; Fishes
; Herbivory
; Indian Ocean
; Oceanography
; Population Density
; Salinity
; Saudi Arabia
; Seasons
; Seawater
; Seaweed
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Coral colony size-frequency distributions can be used to assess population responses to local environmental conditions and disturbances. In this study, we surveyed juvenile pocilloporids, herbivorous fish densities, and algal cover in the central and southern Saudi Arabian Red Sea. We sampled nine reefs with different disturbance histories along a north-south natural gradient of physicochemical conditions (higher salinity and wider temperature fluctuations in the north, and higher turbidity and productivity in the south). Since coral populations with negatively skewed size-frequency distributions have been associated with unfavorable environmental conditions, we expected to find more negative distributions in the southern Red Sea, where corals are potentially experiencing suboptimal conditions. Although juvenile coral and parrotfish densities differed significantly between the two regions, mean colony size and size-frequency distributions did not. Results suggest that pocilloporid colony size-frequency distribution may not be an accurate indicator of differences in biological or oceanographic conditions in the Red Sea. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/87093
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作者单位: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; Coral Reef Ecology Research Group, Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Recommended Citation:
Lozano-Cortés D.F.,Berumen M.L.. Colony size-frequency distribution of pocilloporid juvenile corals along a natural environmental gradient in the Red Sea[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2016-01-01,105(2)