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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"temperate reef"”.
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Movement of Selected Nearshore Temperate Reef Fishes Along California's Central Coast
… uncertainty regarding the expected outcomes for temperate nearshore fish species, especially the Sebastes genus (rockfishes). Movement behavior of temperate reef-fishes plays an important role in the level of protection that a reserve will afford a species. Consistent small-scale movements (<10 …
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Inducible Chemical Defenses in Temperate Reef Sponges of the South Atlantic Bight, U.S.A.
… of maintaining these defenses. To investigate if reef sponges in the South Atlantic Bight employ inducible chemical defenses, I tested two predictions with Ircinia campana, I. felix, and Aplysina fulva. First, concentrations of antipredator compounds should covary with the abundance of sponge …
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Are Chemical Defenses Allocated within Sponges to Defend Regions Most at Risk to Predator Attack?
… allocation within three sponge species from a temperate reef by investigating the predictions that: concentrations of chemical defenses are 1) higher in the outer 2 mm of the sponge tissue, 2) positively correlated with tissue nutritional quality, 3) negatively correlated with sponge structural …
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Tropical intertidal seaweed turf communities of Jesser Point, Sodwana Bay, South Africa
… play an important role in both tropical and temperate reef ecology, supporting a diverse array of macrofauna as well as being primary producers within both intertidal and subtidal ecosystems. Biodiversity and biomass patterns of the intertidal algal turfs at Sodwana Bay, South Africa have not …
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Patterns in reef fish assemblages as determined by baited remote underwater video (BRUV) along the western side of False Bay: effects of site, depth and protection status
… on the diversity and relative abundance of temperate reef fish within the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) Marine Protected Area (MPA). Four notake zones and adjacent exploited areas, subject to conventional management restrictions, were sampled monthly over a four-month period. A total …
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Comparisons of habitat use and diet of herbivorous kyphosids (Genus Kyphosus) in tropical and temperate reefs
… Kyphosus are commonly found in both tropical and temperate areas, with Western Australia having especially high Kyphosus diversity and abundance compared to other regions. Despite being common fishes, much of the ecology of this Genus has not been described. The aim of this study is to compare …
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Sources and supply of kelp detritus : quantifying mechanisms of production
In temperate waters, rocky reefs dominated by extremely productive kelp beds export considerable primary production. Despite the extensive body of work on kelp detritus as a trophic subsidy, many questions remain about the production of this detritus. The aim of this thesis was to determine the …