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Accreting Coral Reefs In A Highly Urbanized Environment, Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley, Andrew G. Bauman, Kyle M. Morgan, Jovena C. L. Seah, Danwei Huang, Peter A. Todd
Accreting Coral Reefs In A Highly Urbanized Environment, Fraser A. Januchowski-Hartley, Andrew G. Bauman, Kyle M. Morgan, Jovena C. L. Seah, Danwei Huang, Peter A. Todd
Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Globally, many coral reefs have fallen into negative carbonate budget states, where biological erosion exceeds carbonate production. The compounding effects of urbanization and climate change have caused reductions in coral cover and shifts in community composition that may limit the ability of reefs to maintain rates of vertical accretion in line with rising sea levels. Here we report on coral reef carbonate budget surveys across seven coral reefs in Singapore, which persist under chronic turbidity and in highly disturbed environmental conditions, with less than 20% light penetration to 2 m depth. Results show that mean net carbonate budgets across Singapore’s …
Contact- And Water-Mediated Effects Of Macroalgae On The Physiology And Microbiome Of Three Indo-Pacific Coral Species, Jenny Fong, Lindsey K. Deignan, Andrew G. Bauman, Peter D. Steinberg, Diane Mcdougald, Peter A. Todd
Contact- And Water-Mediated Effects Of Macroalgae On The Physiology And Microbiome Of Three Indo-Pacific Coral Species, Jenny Fong, Lindsey K. Deignan, Andrew G. Bauman, Peter D. Steinberg, Diane Mcdougald, Peter A. Todd
Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Competitive interactions between corals and macroalgae play an important role in determining benthic community structure on coral reefs. While it is known that macroalgae may negatively affect corals, the relative influence of contact- versus water-mediated macroalgal interactions on corals – such as via an influence on coral-associated microbiomes – is less well understood. Further, the impacts of macroalgae on corals that have persisted in a heavily urbanized reef system have not been explored previously. We examined the effects of the macroalgae Lobophora sp. and Hypnea pannosa on the physiology and microbiome of three Indo-Pacific coral species (Merulina ampliata, …