Abundance and composition of juvenile corals reveals divergent trajectories for coral assemblages across the United Arab Emirates

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• 作者：Morgan S. Pratchett^a ; Andrew H. Baird^a ; Andrew G. Bauman^b ; John A. Burt^c ; ^{John.Burt@nyu.edu}
• 关键词：Coral reefs ; Assemblage structure ; Population replenishment ; Resilience ; Scleractinian corals
• 刊名：Marine Pollution Bulletin
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：30 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：114
• 期：2
• 页码：1031-1035
• 全文大小：1098 K
• 卷排序：114

文摘

Juvenile coral assemblages were surveyed on UAE's Persian Gulf and Oman Sea coasts. Juveniles varied spatially and were most common where coral cover was highest. Persian Gulf juvenile communities were dominated by Porites, and Acropora were absent. Pocillopora juveniles dominated in Oman Sea; Acropora and Stylophora also occurred. Juvenile patterns likely to reinforce recent adult shifts in Persian Gulf, but not Oman Sea