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Natural Coral Colonization of a Marina Seawall in Singapore [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Marinas require extensive modification of a natural coast. The resulting modified habitat is known to supportchanged biological communities but the ability of tropical marinas to function as a surrogate habitat forscleractinian corals has not been well ...
Angie, S. L. (Seow)   +3 more
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Evaluación poblacional de Acropora palmata (Scleractinia: Acroporidae): relación entre el hábitat y especies de arrecife asociados.

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2014
Il y a trois décennies, Acropora palmata was one of the main reef-building coral species throughout the Caribbean, forming an essential component of the structural complexity of shallow coral reef habitats. These colonies still provide microhabitats for settlement, food and shelter to many vertebrates and invertebrates. The recent decline of A. palmata
Kimberly Martínez   +3 more
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Temporal patterns in innate immunity parameters in reef‐building corals and linkages with local climatic conditions

open access: yesEcosphere, 2016
Extremes in seasonal environmental conditions can significantly impact the health and physiological functioning of reef corals, underscoring the need for knowledge of seasonally specific baselines from which to monitor and forecast impending stress ...
Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore coral reef monitoring 2014-2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This report summarises the results of coral reef monitoring activities, carried out by the Australian Institute of Marine Science as part of the Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) from 2014 to ...
Coleman, G.   +6 more
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Two identification tools applied on Mascarene’s corals genera (Xper2) and species (IKBS) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
For future biodiversity studies relying on species identification, environmental officers and researchers will only be left with monographic descriptions and collections in museums.
Caron, David   +4 more
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Particular Qualities Of Identification And Taxonomy Of Some Scleractinian (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina) Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1903

open access: yesInternational Journal of Marine Science, 2016
Brief history of taxonomy and identification of one of the diverse groups of the hermatypic coral family Acroporidae. Drawn attention to the difficulties and errors that have occurred in their taxonomy. Describes the terminology and morphological characteristics that can be successful identification and description of corals of the family.
openaire   +1 more source

Coral settlement on a highly disturbed equatorial reef system.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Processes occurring early in the life stages of corals can greatly influence the demography of coral populations, and successful settlement of coral larvae that leads to recruitment is a critical life history stage for coral reef ecosystems.
Andrew G Bauman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program: Report of AIMS Activities: inshore coral reef monitoring 2012. Report for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The coral reef monitoring component of the Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) undertaken in 2012 was a continuation of activities under previous arrangements from 2005 to 2011. The coral monitoring program surveyed the cover of benthic organisms,
Costello, P.   +5 more
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TRANSPLANTASI KARANG ACROPORIDAE PADA SUBSTRAT ALAMI

open access: yes, 2011
This research was aimed to know survival rate and growth rate of coral from family of Acroporidae that transplanted at natural substrates and to know number of buds of studied Acroporidae. In order to see survival rate differences among transplanted corals, descriptive analysis using graphs was applied, while, growth rate and number of buds were ...
openaire   +1 more source

Coral spawning patterns on the Luhuitou fringing reef in Hainan Island of the northern South China Sea

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
Observation of coral spawning times is valuable to detect spawning patterns and identify the potential mechanisms behind coral reproduction. Although large amount of data on global coral spawning records have become available over the past decades ...
Youfang Sun   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

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