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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Coral reef ecology"”.
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Communities of coral : an institutional and ecological analysis of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services in Southeast Asia
… through marine protected areas (MPAs) for corals reefs in both Indonesia and Malaysia. Coral reefs (along with mangroves and seagrass) allow stakeholders livelihoods in fisheries and tourism, and they are also efficient natural barriers to extreme weather events and climate change related …
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Coral biomineralization, climate proxies and the sensitivity of coral reefs to CO2-driven climate change
Scleractinian corals extract calcium (Ca2+) and carbonate (CO2−3) ions from seawater to construct their calcium carbonate (CaCO3) skeletons. Key to the coral biomineralization process is the active elevation of the CO2−3 concentration of the calcifying fluid to achieve rapid nucleation and growth …
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Exploring the climate change refugia potential of equatorial Pacific coral reefs
… upwelling of cool waters onto equatorial coral reef islands would mitigate warming locally and modulate the intensity of coral bleaching. However, EUC water is potentially more acidic and richer in dissolved inorganic nutrients (DIN), both widely considered detrimental to coral reef …
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Behavioral ecology of coral reef fishes at spawning aggregation sites
Coral reef fishes aggregate to spawn on certain locations of reefs. This thesis is an extensive investigation of the behavioral and ecological relations between spawning reef fishes, predators and their environment at a spawning aggregation site. Many hypotheses have been proposed regarding the …
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Ecological evaluation of coral reef resources at Kahaluʻu Bay, Hawaiʻi
… objectives of this research were to: assess coral reef resources (coral and fish communities) present at Kahalu´u Bay, Hawai´i; and integrate scientific ecological observations with Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) and cultural practices. This localized assessment is the first to …