1998
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96421.x
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A Fuzzy Logic Model to Predict Coral Reef Development under Nutrient and Sediment Stress

Abstract: Coral reefs are highly complex systems characterized by mostly nonlinear relationships between biotic and abiotic components. Traditional models of reef dynamics often require unavailable data and precision, which limits their success and usefulness. We tested a new approach in coral reef modeling with fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic has been applied successfully in modeling highly nonlinear systems in engineering, decision support systems, and ecology. As part of an integrated coastal zone management model, we const… Show more

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“…Aangezien sediment en plankton de lichtdoorlaatbaarheid van het water beïnvloeden, zijn criteria voor een goede waterkwaliteit meestal aan deze variabelen gekoppeld. Voor gezonde koraalriffen worden de volgende waarden meestal aangehouden (Meesters et al, 1998): voor zwevend materiaal waarden tussen de 0 en 2,5 mg/l, totaal fosfaat tussen 0-0,07 μmol/l en opgelost in organisch stikstof 0-1 μmol/l. (Kramer et al, 2015).…”
Section: Kwaliteitseisen Van De Omgevingunclassified
“…Aangezien sediment en plankton de lichtdoorlaatbaarheid van het water beïnvloeden, zijn criteria voor een goede waterkwaliteit meestal aan deze variabelen gekoppeld. Voor gezonde koraalriffen worden de volgende waarden meestal aangehouden (Meesters et al, 1998): voor zwevend materiaal waarden tussen de 0 en 2,5 mg/l, totaal fosfaat tussen 0-0,07 μmol/l en opgelost in organisch stikstof 0-1 μmol/l. (Kramer et al, 2015).…”
Section: Kwaliteitseisen Van De Omgevingunclassified
“…Activities such as deforestation and construction of unpaved roads across steep slopes have resulted in increasing soil erosion rates and subsequent sediment delivery to adjacent coastal habitats (Sladek-Nowlis, Roberts, Smith & Siirila, 1997;MacDonald, Anderson, & Dietrich, 2007), with concomitant long-term impacts on adjacent coral reef ecosystems (Nemeth & Sladek-Nowlis, 2001;Ramos-Scharrón, Amador, & Herná ndez-Delgado, 2012;Ramos-Scharrón, Torres-Pulliza, & Herná ndez-Delgado, 2015). Increasing sedimentation is often linked to increasing turbidity and eutrophication (Meesters, Bak, Westmacott, Ridgley et al, 1998). The combination of increasing eutrophication and sea surface temperature (SST) has been implicated in magnifying coral bleaching severity (Vega-Thurber, Burkepile, Fuchs, Shantz et al, 2013) and coral reef decline (Carilli, Norris, Black, Walsh et al, 2009;Anthony, Maynard, Dí az-Pulido, & Mumby, 2011).…”
Section: Synergistic Impacts Of Local and Global-scale Factors In Cormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Corals are particularly susceptible to eutrophication as a result of declining growth rates (Tomascik & Sander, 1985;Tomascik, 1990), reproductive output (Tomascik & Sander, 1987b), larval settlement rates (Tomascik, 1991), increased incidence of diseases (Kaczmarsky, Draud, & Williams, 2005), altered Environmental Management and Sustainable Development ISSN 2164-7682 2017 microbiology (Kline, Kuntz, Breitbart, Knowlton et al, 2006), and increased susceptibility to bleaching (Vega-Thurber, Burkepile, Fuchs, Shantz et al, 2013;Wiedenmann et al, 2013), and mortality (Pastorok & Byliard, 1985), often impacting benthic community structure (Tomascik & Sander, 1987a). These impacts are often confounded with sedimentation effects (Rogers, 1990;Meesters, Bak, Westmacott, Ridgley et al, 1998;Risk, 2014), and can be readily magnified by climate change-related factors (Ateweberhan, Feary, Keshavmurthy, Chen et al, 2013).…”
Section: Implications Of Environmental Stress On Coral Reef Conservatmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This characteristic has proved useful in systems modeling in diverse disciplines. This methodology was applied successfully to a complex reef ecosystem in Curacao, generating a reef growth model with reliable predictive capacity based on local expert opinion and very limited data [18]. Second, FST's categories very effectively capture verbal comparisons.…”
Section: Principles Of Casewise Visual Evaluation (Cave)mentioning
confidence: 99%