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Analysis of Relationship between Chemical Oceanography Conditions and Coral Reef Ecosystems in Damas Waters, Trenggalek, East Java

Journal of Marine and Coastal Science, 2020
Indonesia is known as one of the world's marine biodiversity centers with its rich coral reefs. Coral growth depends on environmental conditions, which in reality do not always remain due to disruptions originating from nature or human activities.
Valessa Senshi Moira, Oktiyas Muzaky LuthfI, Andik Isdianto   +2 more
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Cosmotic, Aquatic. Exploring the potential of computational design in the preservation of aquatic ecotones [PDF]

, 2018
This paper looks at the possible role of computational design ecologically in the fight against the loss of the aquatic Ecotone. As climate change keeps altering all the natural aspects of our planet, and as our kind continues to sabotage its ecologies ...
Mohanna, Aya
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Patterns of Sponge Abundance Across a Gradient of Habitat Quality in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2011
Sponges are important components of reef communities worldwide, fulfilling a number of important functional roles. Habitat degradation caused by the loss of hard corals has the potential to cause increases in sponge abundance and percentage cover as they
Bell, JJ, Hepburn, LJ, Powell, AL, Smith, DJ   +3 more
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Microbiome dynamics and multiscale environmental response patterns of later-diverging coral clade across latitudes, reefs and geomorphological zones in the South China Sea

Ecological Informatics
The climatic adaptability and resilience of coral-associated microbiomes are pivotal under the global change. However, the environmental responses and acclimation patterns of microbiome within corals from the latest clades across multiple spatial scales ...
Biao Chen, Lin Liang, Kefu Yu, Yuxin Wei, Xinyue Liang, Zeming Bao, Zhiheng Liao, Xiaopeng Yu, Zhenjun Qin, Lijia Xu, Yongzhi Wang, Yaru Kang   +11 more
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St. Kitts and Nevis: Coral Reef Report Card 2016 [PDF]

, 2016
The Eastern Caribbean Seascape is an arc of islands linked through diverse coral reef ecosystems, oceanic currents, migratory pathways and a rich cultural heritage. The Eastern Caribbean Coral Reef Report Cards are a series of individual reports for the6

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Ecological Complexity of Coral Recruitment Processes: Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores on Coral Recruitment and Growth Depends Upon Substratum Properties and Coral Species [PDF]

, 2013
Sarah W. Davies, Mikhail V. Matz, Integrative Biology Section, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of AmericaSarah W. Davies, Peter D.
Davies, Sarah W., Matz, Mikhail V., Vize, Peter D. - University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada   +2 more
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Coral microbiome in estuary coral community of Pearl River Estuary: insights into variation in coral holobiont adaptability to low-salinity conditions

BMC Microbiology
Background Low salinity is a crucial environmental stressor that affects estuarine coral ecosystems considerably. However, few studies have focused on the effects of low-salinity conditions on coral-associated microorganisms and the adaptability of coral
Mengling Lan, Kaixiang Gao, Zhenjun Qin, Zhanhong Li, Ru Meng, Lifei Wei, Biao Chen, Xiaopeng Yu, Lijia Xu, Yongzhi Wang, Kefu Yu   +10 more
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Marine Heatwaves and Cold Spells in Global Coral Reef Regions (1982–2070): Characteristics, Drivers, and Impacts

Remote Sensing
Extreme sea surface temperature (SST) events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs) and marine cold spells (MCSs), severely affect warm water coral reefs.
Honglei Jiang, Tianfei Ren, Rongyong Huang, Kefu Yu   +3 more
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Corals, fishermen and tourists [PDF]

Two major anthropogenic activities that disturb coral reefs are fishing and tourism, even though coral reefs are important for both fishing and tourism. Already more than 60 per cent of all reefs worldwide are endangered. The use of explosives and poison
Kunzmann, A.
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Habitat connectivity in reef fish communities and marine reserve design in Old Providence-Santa Catalina, Colombia [PDF]

, 2003
On the insular platform of Old Providence/Santa Catalina, Colombia, we compared nearshore lagoonal patch reefs to those on the northern bank distant from the islands to determine the importance of habitat connectivity to fish community structure ...
Appeldoorn, R.S., Friedlander, A., Mitchell-Chui, A., Sladek Nowlis, J., Usseglio, P.   +4 more
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