Coral cover and composition
Coral reefs next to a major conurbation: a study of temporal change (1985−2011) in coral cover and composition in the reefs of Jakarta, Indonesia
... ABSTRACT: Coral reefs are diverse, ecologically important and globally threatened ...to coral reefs, which include both local perturba- tions, such as pollution and overfishing, and widespread phenomena, ...
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Multiple anthropogenic stressors in Indonesia : Impacts on metabolism, spatial distribution and community composition of coral reef organisms
... Worldwide, coral reefs are challenged by multiple stressors due to growing urbanization, industrialization and coastal ...development. Coral reefs along the Thousand Islands off Jakarta, one of the largest ...
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Influence of coral cover and structural complexity on the accuracy of visual surveys of coral reef fish communities
... abundance, richness, diversity, and species composition of associated fish communities.. 75.[r] ...
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Episodic heterogeneous decline and recovery of coral cover in the Indian Ocean
... species composition, changes in provision of 3- dimensional space with increasing cover, and changes in ecological processes (Hughes et ...2010), coral cover can be a useful indicator of ...
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High macroalgal cover and low coral recruitment undermines the potential resilience of the world's southernmost coral reef assemblages
... Abstract Coral reefs are under increasing pressure from anthropogenic and climate-induced ...of coral populations through larval ...southernmost coral reef, we quantified the benthic ...
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Cross-scale habitat structure driven by coral species composition on tropical reefs
... continued coral loss on the structural complexity of coral reef habitats will be largely dependent on the nature, frequency and severity of future disturbances, and the capacity for different coral ...
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Cross scale habitat structure driven by coral species composition on tropical reefs
... continued coral loss on the structural complexity of coral reef habitats will be largely dependent on the nature, frequency and severity of future disturbances, and the capacity for different coral ...
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Coral reef community composition in the context of disturbance history on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
... for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 2 Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom Abstract Much research on ...
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Relative importance of coral cover, habitat complexity and diversity in determining the structure of reef fish communities
... of coral reef habitat has a pronounced influence on the diversity, composition and abundance of reef- associated ...known. Coral habitats can vary in many characteristics, notably live coral ...
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Projections of coral cover and habitat change on turbid reefs under future sea-level rise
... of coral communities, the morphology of present- day reefs and their Holocene growth histories ...community composition (%) and make a quali- tative estimate (scaled 1–5) of reef rugosity (R) ...dominant ...
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The Effect of Climate on the Chemical Composition of the Coral Reefs around Kubbar Island—Kuwait
... sediments cover all the intertidal and subtidal zones consist of mainly different shell and coral reef ...the coral fragments were done on controlled bases, which depend on the coral size and ...
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Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks
... of coral disease across 1,500 km of Australia’s Great Barrier ...of coral disease and coral cover data from annual surveys of 48 reefs to answer this ...on coral cover because ...
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Composition and ecology of deep-water coral associations
... General bathymetric range of Indopacific Scleractinia and Millepora ascertained in the deep-water coral associations of Takapoto, Moorea and Wingate Reef; -- data f[r] ...
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Decline in coral cover and flattening of the reefs around Mauritius (1998–2010)
... in coral reef ...in cover at many ...in cover at several ...stony coral decline during the study ...in cover for the other benthic groups, some of which were quite ...in coral ...
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Evidence of extensive reef development and high coral cover in nearshore environments: implications for understanding coral adaptation in turbid settings
... Discussion Coral reefs growing within the nearshore zone of the central GBR experience chronic high turbidity as accu- mulated fine sediments are resuspended by waves 27,28 ...that coral growth and reefal ...
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The Composition and Distribution of Benthic Foraminifera at Coral Reef Ecosystem in Thousands Island
... with coral reef ...foraminifers’ composition and distribution in sediment of coral reef ...highest composition of symbiont-bearing foraminiferal assemblages which associated with reef ...
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Live coral cover index testing and application with hyperspectral airborne image data
... Abstract: Coral reefs are complex, heterogeneous environments where it is common for the features of interest to be smaller than the spatial dimensions of imaging ...live coral at any point in time is a ...
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Evaluating the impact of accounting for coral cover in large-scale marine conservation prioritizations
... the Coral Triangle case study to illustrate how predicted coral cover, based on free, globally available data on recent climatic, biotic and abiotic conditions can be included in the planning ...
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Cumulative effects of cyclones and bleaching on coral cover and species richness at Lizard Island
... Cumulative effects of cyclones and bleaching on coral cover and species richness at Lizard 13. Island 2.[r] ...
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Long-term changes in biological soil crust cover and composition
... crust cover across this study site, recovery from small-scale disturbances such as individual fires, presence of invasive species, or mechanical disruption from mammals may have proceeded more rapidly than if a ...
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