Synchronous spawning of Acropora in the Red Sea

Bouwmeester, Jessica; Khalil, Maha T.; Torre, Pedro de la; Berumen, Michael L.

doi:10.1007/s00338-011-0796-5

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“…; Bouwmeester et al. ,b, ). Indeed, previous work in the central Red Sea reports that at least 17 coral species spawn in April (mostly Acropora ), at least 15 species spawn in May (e.g., Acropora , Porites , Merulinidae), and at least 19 species spawn in June (14 genera).…”

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Spawning of coral reef invertebrates and a second spawning season for scleractinian corals in the central Red Sea

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et al. 2016

Invertebrate Biology

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“…Sampling dates were planned according to previous broadcast spawning observations of scleractinian corals reported in the central Red Sea (Bouwmeester et al. , ). Surveys were conducted on SCUBA by one to three buddy teams, starting 30 min before sunset until 4 h after sunset.…”

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Spawning of coral reef invertebrates and a second spawning season for scleractinian corals in the central Red Sea

Bouwmeester

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Giles

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Invertebrate Biology

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“…Coral spawning in the Red Sea typically occurs around full moons from April through June [45]. It is, therefore, possible that the presence of the sharks near Shi’b Habil is related to coral spawning, but this will need to be confirmed by further work.…”

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Movement Patterns of Juvenile Whale Sharks Tagged at an Aggregation Site in the Red Sea

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Conservation efforts aimed at the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, remain limited by a lack of basic information on most aspects of its ecology, including global population structure, population sizes and movement patterns. Here we report on the movements of 47 Red Sea whale sharks fitted with three types of satellite transmitting tags from 2009–2011. Most of these sharks were tagged at a single aggregation site near Al-Lith, on the central coast of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Individuals encountered at this site were all juveniles based on size estimates ranging from 2.5–7 m total length with a sex ratio of approximately 1∶1. All other known aggregation sites for juvenile whale sharks are dominated by males. Results from tagging efforts showed that most individuals remained in the southern Red Sea and that some sharks returned to the same location in subsequent years. Diving data were recorded by 37 tags, revealing frequent deep dives to at least 500 m and as deep as 1360 m. The unique temperature-depth profiles of the Red Sea confirmed that several whale sharks moved out of the Red Sea while tagged. The wide-ranging horizontal movements of these individuals highlight the need for multinational, cooperative efforts to conserve R. typus populations in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

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“…However, two independent studies conducted in the main Red Sea basin have reported both the presence of synchronous spawning of Acropora species in the central Red Sea (Bouwmeester et al 2011), and a strong synchrony in the gametogenesis of Acropora corals (Hanafy et al 2010), suggesting that reproduction patterns differ between the Gulf of Aqaba and the central Red Sea. The generality of these patterns, however, needs to be investigated further.…”

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The status of coral reef ecology research in the Red Sea

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The Red Sea has long been recognized as a region of high biodiversity and endemism.Despite this diversity and early history of scientific work, our understanding of the ecology of coral reefs in the Red Sea has lagged behind that of other large coral reef systems. We carried out a quantitative assessment of ISI-listed research published from the Red Sea in eight specific topics (apex predators, connectivity, coral bleaching, coral reproductive biology, herbivory, marine protected areas, non-coral invertebrates and reef associated bacteria) and compared the amount of research conducted in the Red Sea to

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Synchronous spawning of Acropora in the Red Sea

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Spawning of coral reef invertebrates and a second spawning season for scleractinian corals in the central Red Sea

Spawning of coral reef invertebrates and a second spawning season for scleractinian corals in the central Red Sea

Movement Patterns of Juvenile Whale Sharks Tagged at an Aggregation Site in the Red Sea

The status of coral reef ecology research in the Red Sea

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