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Live coral cover index testing and application with hyperspectral airborne image data
... mapping live coral cover that may be implemented with little to no ancillary data, and little user ...relative coral cover that may then be converted to an absolute estimate with the appropriate ...
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The importance of live coral habitat for reef fishes and its role in key ecological processes
... event, coral colonies will eventually die and quickly become colonized by turf algae (McCook ...While live coral habitats offer an important physical structure for coral-dwelling fishes to ...
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Loss of live coral compromises predator-avoidance behaviour in coral reef damselfish
... dead coral habitat may not fit into the description of an ‘undervalued resource’ for very long, given the eventual loss of shelter over a few weeks; however, our result high- lights the complex chain of events ...
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The importance of live coral habitat for reef fishes and its role in key ecological processes
... Overall, live coral cover drove the differences, with coral-dependent species recruiting to high coral and high complexity reefs, and rubble-associated species recruiting to degraded ...on ...
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Uncertainty in length measurements of live coral trout: implications for compliance and enforcement of minimum legal size limits.
... of coral trout were considerably greater than almost all of the variations in length we recorded during the 10 day period for which fish were held on the fishing ...
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Remote Sensing of Population and Coral Destruction for Long Term on Small Islands
... on coral reefs area and correlation between live coral reduction and population on small ...of coral reef dynamics from 1972 to ...of live coral, namely Principal Component ...
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Behaviourally Mediated Phenotypic Selection in a Disturbed Coral Reef Environment
... on coral reefs of the ...often live in a discrete ...mixed live coral, rubble and sand areas on the shallow reef base or reef ...for live coral (Pocillopora damicornis) over ...
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The influence of coral degradation on tropical fish community structure
... Coral reefs harbour a spectacular diversity of fishes that derive food and shelter from the habitat provided by living corals. Unfortunately, both natural and anthropogenic disturbances are intensifying the global ...
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Patterns of microhabitat specialization and the consequences of coral degradation for coral-associated reef fishes
... in live coral cover and the loss of branching Acropora clearly pose a threat to reef fishes that depend on corals for food, habitat or settlement sites (Wilson et ...in coral cover may vary among ...
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Not equal in the face of habitat change: closely related fishes differ in their ability to use predation-related information in degraded coral
... obligate coral-dwelling species die, the remaining species must either move or adjust to the altered ...of coral degradation on the ability of coral reef fishes to assess their risk of predation ...
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Sea urchins, macroalgae and coral reef decline: a functional evaluation of an intact reef system, Ningaloo, Western Australia
... Table S4. Result from 2-way ANOVA comparing the inferred cross-shelf impact for: (a) macroalgae, CCA and live coral; (b) total abundance and biomass of fish and echinoids; and (c) scraping, fish bioerosion ...
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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
... in coral cover and composition among zones (in-, mid- and offshore); the inshore zone closest to the city of Jakarta was in particularly bad shape with very low coral ...of coral colonies and other ...
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Eco morphological Zonation of Coral reefs at Gulf of Mannar A Geospatial Perspective
... Mixed Coral Zone supports various types of corals, algae and invertebrate ...mixed coral zone occupies small areas in the north and south of the ...comprise live corals, macro algae and seagrass. The ...
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Coral degradation and the structure of tropical reef fish communities
... of coral-associ- ated fishes is integral to predicting the effects of live coral loss on fish assemblages (Jones & McCormick ...or coral loss (Guzman & Robertson 1989, Pratchett et ...
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Habitat selectivity and reliance on live corals for Indo-Pacific Hawkfishes (Family: Cirrhitidae)
... on live coral, ...of live coral, but the majority were documented on pavement ...nearby live corals, although this may make them more vulnerable to ...among coral colony ...
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Lonnstedt et al 2014 Journal of Animal Ecology
... hard coral (Pocillopora damicornis) was collected from reefs around Lizard ...of live and dead coral ...dead coral had the same structure and amount of shelter space as live ...
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The Analysis of Coral Reef Fishes Abundance Based on Coral Reef Condition in Marine Tourism Park of the Kapoposang Islands, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
... between coral reef cover and abundance of reef fish in Marine Tourism Park of the Kapoposang Islands, South ...Collecting coral cover data using the Underwater Photo Transect (UPT) method and coral ...
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Mass coral bleaching causes biotic homogenization of reef fish assemblages
... Branching Porites 57.13 ± 2.79 21.81 ± 1.80 43.73 ± 2.92 45.86 ± 4.39 42.08 ± 2.30 -15.01 ± 3.39 Degraded 10.46 ± 1.80 7.04 ± 0.96 59.80 ± 4.74 - 14.63 ± 1.87 4.12 ± 3.39 Massive Porites 49.37 ± 2.81 23.82 ± 1.55 47.61 ± ...
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Coral bioindicators of environmental conditions on coastal coral reefs
... of coral indicators at different spatial and temporal scales and identifies those most suitable for inclusion into a toolbox for monitoring the condition of coastal coral reefs on the ...of coral ...
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Coral emx-Am can substitute for Drosophila empty spiracles function in head, but not brain development
... cnidarian emx-Am gene cannot rescue the embryonic brain defect of Drosophila ems mutants, even when a hexapeptide motif of the type present in the Drosophila ems gene was inserted into the cnidarian gene. Although there ...
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