Distributional patterns of mobile fauna associated with Halimeda on the Tiahura coral-reef complex (Moorea, French Polynesia)

Coral Reefs ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 237-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odile Naim
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Reef Complex ◽  
Distributional Patterns

High-resolution sidescan-sonar imagery of the Manchas Interiores-Manchas Exteriores coral reef complex, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Schwab ◽  
R.M. Webb ◽  
W.W. Danforth ◽  
T.F. O'Brien ◽  
B.J. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Sidescan Sonar ◽  
Reef Complex

scholarly journals Turbid Coral Reefs: Past, Present and Future—A Review

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Adi Zweifler (Zvifler) ◽  
Michael O’Leary ◽  
Kyle Morgan ◽  
Nicola K. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Reef Complex ◽  
Sediment Input

Increasing evidence suggests that coral reefs exposed to elevated turbidity may be more resilient to climate change impacts and serve as an important conservation hotspot. However, logistical difficulties in studying turbid environments have led to poor representation of these reef types within the scientific literature, with studies using different methods and definitions to characterize turbid reefs. Here we review the geological origins and growth histories of turbid reefs from the Holocene (past), their current ecological and environmental states (present), and their potential responses and resilience to increasing local and global pressures (future). We classify turbid reefs using new descriptors based on their turbidity regime (persistent, fluctuating, transitional) and sources of sediment input (natural versus anthropogenic). Further, by comparing the composition, function and resilience of two of the most studied turbid reefs, Paluma Shoals Reef Complex, Australia (natural turbidity) and Singapore reefs (anthropogenic turbidity), we found them to be two distinct types of turbid reefs with different conservation status. As the geographic range of turbid reefs is expected to increase due to local and global stressors, improving our understanding of their responses to environmental change will be central to global coral reef conservation efforts.

Spatiotemporal distribution of nocturnal coral reef fish juveniles in Moorea Island, French Polynesia

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lecchini ◽  
Yohei Nakamura ◽  
Makoto Tsuchiya ◽  
René Galzin
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Spatiotemporal Distribution ◽  
Fish Juveniles ◽  
Moorea Island

PRIMARY PRODUCTION, CALCIFICATION, AND AIR-SEA CO2 FLUXES OF A MACROALGAL-DOMINATED CORAL REEF COMMUNITY (MOOREA, FRENCH POLYNESIA)1

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 729-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Gattuso ◽  
Claude E. Payri ◽  
Michel Pichon ◽  
Bruno Delesalle ◽  
Michel Frankignoulle
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Primary Production ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Co2 Fluxes ◽  
Coral Reef Community ◽  
Reef Community

Long-term coastline monitoring on a coral reef island (Moorea, French Polynesia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 104928
Author(s):  
Rakamaly Madi Moussa ◽  
Lily Fogg ◽  
Frédéric Bertucci ◽  
Maelle Calandra ◽  
Antoine Collin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
French Polynesia

Spirocamallanus species of French Polynesian coral reef fishes

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1270-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Rigby ◽  
Martin L. Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Buccal Capsule ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
New Host ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
Single Clade ◽  
Taxonomic Importance ◽  
New Host Records

Spirocamallanus monotaxis is redescribed from Monotaxis grandoculis (Lethrinidae) and reported from 10 other species of coral reef associated fishes from both the Society Islands and the Tuamotu Islands. This represents a new locality for S. monotaxis and 10 new host records. Spirocamallanus colei n.sp. is described from Acanthurus achilles (Acanthuridae) and from Acanthurus guttatus, Acanthurus lineatus, Acanthurus triostegus, and Zebrasoma scopas from both the Society Islands and the Tuamotu Islands. Spirocamallanus chaimha n.sp. is described from Ctenochaetus striatus and Acanthurus olivaceous (Acanthuridae) from Moorea in the Society Islands. The number of buccal capsule ridges in Spirocamallanus varies and minor differences have no taxonomic importance. Marine Spirocamallanus species appear to belong to a single clade characterized by 3 preanal papillae and 5 postanal papillae. This clade may be subdivided on the basis of the shape of the female tail. In French Polynesia, ecological factors as opposed to phylogenetic factors appear to determine host specificity for Spirocamallanus. A new system of reporting the positions of the caudal papillae, based on the position of the papillae relative to the length of the alae, is used.

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