Rapid egg transport following coral mass spawning at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-544
Author(s):  
Anna Metaxas ◽  
Robert E Scheibling
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Mass Spawning ◽  
Ningaloo Reef ◽  
Egg Transport

Seasonal occurrence, distribution and movements of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

1996 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 637 ◽  
Author(s):  
JG Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Whale Shark ◽  
Gastropod Mollusc ◽  
Leeuwin Current ◽  
Mass Spawning ◽  
Ningaloo Reef ◽  
Turbid Waters ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Whale Sharks ◽  
North Western

Aerial surveys between 1989 and 1992 demonstrated that large numbers of whale sharks appear on Ningaloo Reef in north-western Australia during autumn, shortly after the coral has undergone mass spawning. This movement into the reef waters would allow whale sharks to capitalize on the increased production of zooplankton brought about as a result of this mass spawning of corals and other marine organisms. Sharks occupied mainly the relatively turbid waters on the reef front, where a northerly current prevailed, rather than the offshore, warmer waters of the southerly flowing Leeuwin Current. The sharks moved in to the reef front from offshore but, once inshore, the majority swam parallel to the reef. The maximum density in any sector of the reef at any one time was four sharks per km, recorded in May 1992. The longer the time since sharks first appeared on the reef, the greater was their tendency to aggregate in a particular region of the reef. Evidence is presented that indicates that whale shark numbers at the northern end of Ningaloo Reef declined during the latter half of the 1980s; this decline may be related to the massive destruction of coral by the gastropod mollusc Drupella cornus during this period.

Outbreak densities of the coral predator Drupella in relation to in situ Acropora growth rates on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Coral Reefs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 985-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Bessey ◽  
R. C. Babcock ◽  
D. P. Thomson ◽  
M. D. E. Haywood
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Ningaloo Reef

scholarly journals Spatial and temporal patterns of nature-based tourism interactions with whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

2014 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 109-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas J. Anderson ◽  
Halina T. Kobryn ◽  
Brad M. Norman ◽  
Lars Bejder ◽  
Julian A. Tyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Rhincodon Typus ◽  
Ningaloo Reef ◽  
Whale Sharks

scholarly journals Macroalgae Inhibits Larval Settlement and Increases Recruit Mortality at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e0124162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona J. Webster ◽  
Russell C. Babcock ◽  
Mike Van Keulen ◽  
Neil R. Loneragan
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Larval Settlement ◽  
Ningaloo Reef

scholarly journals Habitat Associations of Juvenile Fish at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia: The Importance of Coral and Algae

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. e15185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun K. Wilson ◽  
Martial Depczynski ◽  
Rebecca Fisher ◽  
Thomas H. Holmes ◽  
Rebecca A. O'Leary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Ningaloo Reef

Multiple climate impacts on seagrass dynamics: Amphibolis antarctica patches at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Mike van Keulen
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Ningaloo Reef ◽  
Seagrass Community

The impacts of tropical cyclones combined with a marine heatwave are reported for a seagrass community at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. A community of 9.5ha of Amphibolis antarctica was lost following a combination of cyclone-induced burial and a marine heatwave. No new seedlings have been observed since the loss; recruitment of seedlings may be impeded by local ocean circulation.

scholarly journals Ocean Transport Pathways to a World Heritage Fringing Coral Reef: Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. e0145822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangtao Xu ◽  
Ryan J. Lowe ◽  
Gregory N. Ivey ◽  
Nicole L. Jones ◽  
Zhenlin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Transport Pathways ◽  
Ningaloo Reef

Estimating the role of three mesopredatory fishes in coral reef food webs at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Coral Reefs ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma C. Thillainath ◽  
Jennifer L. McIlwain ◽  
Shaun K. Wilson ◽  
Martial Depczynski
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Food Webs ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Ningaloo Reef
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