Coral Reef Ecology and Geology

Ecology ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 612-612
Author(s):  
Judith E. Winston
PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e0138769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy R. McClanahan ◽  
Nyawira A. Muthiga ◽  
Caroline Abunge ◽  
Albogast T. Kamukuru ◽  
Eliezer Mwakalapa ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Castro-Sanguino ◽  
Juan A. Sánchez

Environmental reservoirs of zooxanthellae are essential for coral larvae settlement; understanding where they occur and how they are maintained is important for coral reef ecology. This study investigated the dispersal of Symbiodinium spp. by the stoplight parrotfish Sparisoma viride , which had high mean densities of viable and cultivable Symbiodinium (3207–8900 cells ml −1 ) in faeces. Clades A, B and G were detected using amplified chloroplast ribosomal sequences (cp23S-HVR), and corresponded with diet preferences of fish and the environmental Symbiodinium diversity of the region. Cells are constantly dispersed in the water column and deposited in the substrate at a local level (86 ± 17.8 m 2 ), demonstrating that parrotfishes are vectors for short-distance dispersal of zooxanthellae. Such dispersal could constitute a key role in the maintenance of environmental Symbiodinium reservoirs.


Author(s):  
Brian Joseph McFarland

1995 ◽  
Vol 192 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151
Author(s):  
Peter W. Glynn

Coral Reefs ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 1179-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Loya ◽  
A. Genin ◽  
M. el-Zibdeh ◽  
M. S. Naumann ◽  
C. Wild

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