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Physicochemical water quality in coastal marine ecosystems: spatiotemporal variation between protected and disturbed areas [PDF]

PeerJ
The monitoring of the continuous fluctuation of seawater environmental conditions plays a critical role in the management and conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems.
Isaac Manuel Romero Borja, Rocio García-Urueña, Aliano José Tette Pomárico   +2 more
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Dietary resilience of coral reef fishes to habitat degradation. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Metabarcoding of gut contents shows that two common benthic‐feeding reef fishes with different feeding stratgies—a butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) and a hamlet (Hypoplectrus puella)—shift diets on degraded reefs. These shifts mirror contrasting patterns in body condition: butterflyfish showed strong individual variation, whereas condition was ...
Clever F, Preziosi RF, Nguyen B, De Gracia B, Quintero Arrieta H, McMillan WO, Altieri AH, O'Dea A, Knowlton N, Leray M.   +9 more
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Survival, rarity, and extinction in tropical stony corals. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Many reef‐building tropical corals are becoming rare. We considered the meaning of rarity in corals and highlighted taxa that have reached low abundances in the last few decades. The difficulties of quantifying rarity in the marine environment arise from the sheer scale and 3‐dimensional nature of the biome and the inherent challenges therein ...
Wilson B, Edmunds PJ.
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Unifying microorganisms and macrograzers in intertidal rocky shore ecological networks. [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract Over the past decades, our understanding of the vital role microbes play in ecosystem processes has greatly expanded. However, we still have limited knowledge about how microbial communities interact with larger organisms. Many existing representations of microbial interactions are based on co‐occurrence patterns, which do not provide clear ...
Arboleda-Baena C, Pareja CB, Poblete J, Berlow EL, Sarmento H, Logares R, De la Iglesia R, Navarrete SA.   +7 more
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Vulnerability of tropical fish communities across depth in the central Indian Ocean. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Coral reefs and their fish communities below scuba diving depth (>30 m), in mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) (∼30–150 m), in rariphotic (150–300 m), and in upper bathyal waters (300–500 m) are often underexplored, especially in the Indian Ocean.
Stefanoudis PV, de Villiers NM, Afzal MS, Amir H, Amjad F, Hashim AS, Jauharee AR, Palmer R, Rogers AD, Shimal M, Naeem S, Ahusan M, Woodall LC.   +12 more
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Effects of protection on large-bodied reef fishes in the western Indian Ocean. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Predatory and large‐bodied coral reef fishes have fundamental roles in the functioning and biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems, but their populations are declining, largely due to overexploitation in fisheries. These fishes include sharks, groupers, Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), and Green Humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum).
Samoilys M, Osuka KE, Roche R, Koldewey H, Chabanet P.   +4 more
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Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely affected.
Muller EM, Ladd MC, Karp R, Montoya-Maya PH, Kuffner IB, Baker AC, Bartels E, Bourque A, Clark AS, Cox N, D'Alessandro M, Daughtry B, Firchau B, Fix L, Gilliam D, Hesley D, Lewis C, Lirman D, Lustic C, Macauley K, Moore J, Nedimyer K, O'Neil K, Parsons KT, Smith KM, Spadaro J, Thomasson BC, Unsworth JD, Vaughan D, Miller MW.   +29 more
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Arrecifes artificiales

Tecnología en Marcha, 2019
Los arrecifes artificiales son estructuras sólidas que pueden introducirse en un medio marino poco productivo para mejorar el aprovechamiento de los recursos por unidad de área. Existen diversos materiales para construir arrecifes artificiales. De éstos,
Jorge A. Campos
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Invertebrados bentónicos en diez arrecifes del Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2019
Los arrecifes son ecosistemas con alta biodiversidad, productividad y provisión de servicios que enfrentan diversas amenazas. A pesar de su relevancia, existe poca información referente a sus comunidades y los factores que las originan y moldean.
Cynthia Carmona-Islas, Alejandro Morales-García, J. Abenamar Hernández-Mendiola, Héctor Gama-Villasana, Clarissa Colmenares-Campos, Roberta Cruz-Gutiérrez   +5 more
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Incorporating cyclone risk in the design of marine protected and conserved areas as an ecosystem-based adaptation approach. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Marine protected and conserved areas (MPCAs) are promoted as an ecosystem‐based adaptation (EbA) approach to increase community and ecosystem resilience to climate change. However, traditional approaches to MPCA design typically do not consider climate risk or habitat condition under a climate threat.
Giffin AL, Tulloch VJD, Andradi-Brown DA, Connolly RM, Malani-Tagicakibau U, Areki F, Brown CJ.   +6 more
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