Shedding new light on scleractinian coral recruitment

Maida, Mauro; Coll, John C.; Sammarco, Paul W.

doi:10.1016/0022-0981(94)90066-3

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“…Furthermore, the near-shore (LAE) spat was almost monopolized by pocilloporids, while all other sites harbored a more diverse coral spat community. The comparatively high settlement on the upper tiles near-shore in contrast to the mid-shelf and off-shore reefs is most likely a response to critically low light levels in these turbid coastal waters (Sammarco, 1991;Maida et al, 1994). Pocilloporids are considered opportunistic corals (Birkeland, 1977;Tomascik, 1991) successfully reproducing in nutrient-and sediment laden waters adverse to other corals (Gilmour, 1999;Harrison and Ward, 2001).…”

Section: Spatial Variation -Blast Fishing Eutrophication/pollutionmentioning

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Coral recruitment and potential recovery of eutrophied and blast fishing impacted reefs in Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

Sawall

Jompa

Litaay

et al. 2013

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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a b s t r a c tCoral recruitment was assessed in highly diverse and economically important Spermonde Archipelago, a reef system subjected to land-based sources of siltation/pollution and destructive fishing, over a period of 2 years. Recruitment on settlement tiles reached up to 705 spat m À2 yr À1 and was strongest in the dry season (July-October), except off-shore, where larvae settled earlier. Pocilloporidae dominated nearshore, while a more diverse community of Acroporidae, Poritidae and others settled in the less polluted mid-shelf and off-shore reefs. Non-coral fouling community appeared to hardly influence initial coral settlement on the tiles, although, this does not necessarily infer low coral post-settlement mortality, which may be enhanced at the near-and off-shore reefs as indicated by increased abundances of potential space competitors on natural substrate. Blast fishing showed no local reduction in coral recruitment and live hard coral cover increased in oligotrophic reefs, indicating potential for coral recovery, if managed effectively.

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Section: Spatial Variation -Blast Fishing Eutrophication/pollutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coral recruitment and potential recovery of eutrophied and blast fishing impacted reefs in Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

Sawall

Jompa

Litaay

et al. 2013

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…Settlement and recruitment of coral planulae are known to be affected by several other abiotic factors, including the amount of visible spectra solar irradiance (Maida et al, 1994;Babcock and Mundy, 1996), UV radiation (Kuffner, 2001, Gleason et al, 2005, elevated temperatures (Coles, 1985;Edmunds et al, 2001;Putnam et al, 2008) and temperature in combination with increased levels of ammonia (Bassim and Sammarco, 2003), and high rates of sedimentation (Babcock and Davies, 1991).…”

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A corrosive concoction: The combined effects of ocean warming and acidification on the early growth of a stony coral are multiplicative

Anlauf

D’Croz

O’Dea

2011

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

120

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“…It is well known that the survival rate of new recruits in the early post-settlement period is low, mainly because of predation, competition and sedimentation (Bak and Engel 1979;Sato 1985;Maida et al 1994;Dunstan and Johnson 1998). Thus, it was expected that there are particular factors that strongly influence species-specific survival or mortality at this stage.…”

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Role of post-settlement mortality in the establishment of Acropora reef slope zonation in Ishigaki Island, Japan

Suzuki

Hayashibara

Toyohara

2009

Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies

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The relative contributions of larval recruitment and post-settlement mortality to the establishment of the zonation of Acropora communities, a dominant group in reef corals, remain unknown. Our field research revealed that the relative abundances of juveniles between two morphological categories of acroporid corals were different on shallow and deep slopes: tabular species dominated in shallow waters (1.5-2.5 m), whereas arbo rescent species dominated in deep waters (5.5-11 m). These abundances were consistent with the distributional patterns of the adults, suggesting that the zonation structure is formed during the initial life stages of settlement and early postsettlement periods. To determine to what extent Acropora zonation is determined by depth-related differ ences in initial mortality among species, a transplant ex periment using artificially settled corals (10 days after settlement) of four dominant species (the shallow-domi nants Acropora digitifera and A. selago and the deep-dominants A. muricata and A. tenuis) was performed at four depths (1.5, 2.5, 5.5, and 11 m). Survivorship of all four species was lower at 5.5 m than the other depths and that the survival rate of A. muricata was much higher than that of other species at all depths. However, there was no speciesspecific survival related to adaptation to a par ticular habitat (i.e., depth), implying that Acropora spats do not possess species-specific tolerance for the envi ronmental stresses of their own particular habitat, at least during the first 6 months after settlement. Post-settlement survival rate during this period is therefore not a major factor in forming the vertical zonation pattern of these Acropora species in subtropical reefs around Japan.

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Shedding new light on scleractinian coral recruitment

Cited by 112 publications

References 18 publications

Coral recruitment and potential recovery of eutrophied and blast fishing impacted reefs in Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

Coral recruitment and potential recovery of eutrophied and blast fishing impacted reefs in Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

A corrosive concoction: The combined effects of ocean warming and acidification on the early growth of a stony coral are multiplicative

Role of post-settlement mortality in the establishment of Acropora reef slope zonation in Ishigaki Island, Japan

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