scholarly journals Damage and regeneration: links to growth in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis

1994 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
EH Meesters ◽  
M Noordeloos ◽  
RPM Bak
Keyword(s):  
Montastrea Annularis

Historic records of phosphorus levels in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis from Tobago, West Indies

1998 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 1012-1018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kishan Kumarsingh ◽  
Richard Laydoo ◽  
Jeffery K. Chen ◽  
Avril M. Siung-Chang
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Historic Records ◽  
Montastrea Annularis ◽  
Phosphorus Levels

scholarly journals Radiocarbon in Annual Coral Rings of Belize and Florida

Radiocarbon ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen M Druffel
Keyword(s):  
Surface Waters ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Coral Growth ◽  
Surface Ocean ◽  
Montastrea Annularis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Florida Straits

Radiocarbon measurements on a 109-year-old (1868-1977) core of Montastrea annularis coral from Glover Reef, Belize, in the Gulf of Honduras, reveal uptake of fossil fuel CO2 and bomb 14C by surface ocean waters. The history of Δ14C values revealed by this Belize growth agree remarkably well with results for coral growth from the Florida Straits. It is concluded that these corals are reliable recorders of 14C concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIOC) in surface waters representative of the Gulf Stream.

The importance of the gastropod Coralliophila abbreviata (Lamarck) and the polychaete Hermodice carunculata (Pallas) as coral reef predators

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 1651-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Ott ◽  
John B. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Coral Tissue ◽  
Living Coral ◽  
Porites Astreoides ◽  
Reef Corals ◽  
Porites Porites ◽  
Hermodice Carunculata ◽  
Montastrea Annularis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Coralliophila Abbreviata

The importance of the stenoglossan prosobranch gastropod Coralliophila abbreviata (Lamarck) and the amphinomid errant polychaete Hermodice carunculata (Pallas) as coral predators in Barbados, West Indies, was investigated. Coralliophila normally feeds upon the coral Montastrea annularis (Ellis and Solander), can consume up to 9 cm2 of tissue in 24 h, and has a mean density of 13 individuals per square meter of living coral in shallow water. Hermodice normally feeds upon the zooanthid Palythoa mammillosa (Ellis and Solander) and the corals Porites porites (Pallas) and Porites astreoides Lamarck. The mean density of Hermodice was less than one individual per square meter of surface of living prey and large worms could consume up to 3 cm2 of living coral tissue in a 3-h feeding period. Because of the low densities of the predators the preference of Hermodice for the zooanthid Palythoa and the fact that Coralliophila feeds only rarely, they did not cause extensive damage to reef corals.

scholarly journals Spatial Variations in Density and Size of the Echinoid Diadema Antillarum Philippi on some Venezuelan Coral Reefs

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Weil ◽  
Freddy Losada ◽  
David Bone
Keyword(s):  
Coral Species ◽  
Size Structure ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Acropora Palmata ◽  
Growth Morphology ◽  
Diadema Antillarum ◽  
Montastrea Annularis ◽  
Reef Zone ◽  
Reef Zones ◽  
Reef Platform

The distribution, population density and size structure of Diadema antillarum Philippi was found to vary with reef locality, food availability and the structural complexity of the reef. Structural complexity was classified according to the growth morphology and abundance of the coral species found in the different reef zones. Mean urchin density in the reef varied between 2.6 and 3.7 ind. m−2. High densities (4.0-7.0 ind. m−2) were found in the upper reef zone, which was characterized by high structural complexity, and by a dominance of the coral species Acropora palmata, A. cervicornis, Montastrea annularis and the hydrozoans Millepora alcicornis and M. complanata. Low densities (1.5-4.0 ind. m−2) were found in the deep fore reef and flat reef platform, which were characterized by low structural complexity.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document