"Ecological Surveys of Coral Reefs". Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29: Scientific Reports. London: Trustees of the British ... Marshall, Sheina M. & Stephenson, Thomas Alan (25 March 1933). "The Breeding of Reef Animals: Part I, the Corals". Great ... see also Stephenson, Anne (24 March 1934). "The Breeding of Reef Animals: Part II, Invertebrates Other Than Corals". Great ... Stephenson, Thomas Alan & Stephenson, Anne (25 February 1933). "Growth and Asexual Reproduction in Corals". Great Barrier Reef ...
Scaps, Patrick; Chad M. Scott (2014). "An update to the list of coral reef fishes from Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand". Check List. ... Catchment Management and Coral Reef Conservation: A Practical Guide for Coastal Resource Managers to Reduce Damage from ... The island is host to over 130 species of hard corals, and over 223 species of reef fishes belonging to 53 families. Diving ... Coral Reefs. 32 (2): 423-428. Bibcode:2013CorRe..32..423H. doi:10.1007/s00338-012-1005-x. S2CID 17232016. Scott, Chad M.; Rahul ...
They live in coral reefs, preferring soft corals, and swim either alone or in pairs. Queen angelfish eat sponges, tunicates, ... It is a benthic (ocean floor) warm-water species that lives in coral reefs. It is recognized by its blue and yellow coloration ... Paul Archipelago, Mid Atlantic Ridge, Brazil)". Coral Reefs. 32 (211): 211. doi:10.1007/s00338-012-0975-z. S2CID 43730987. Reis ... In 2015, an aquarium-introduced angelfish was found in the Red Sea at Eilat's Coral Beach, Israel. Its kidney was infected with ...
Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies. Coral Reefs. 31 (1): 285. Bibcode:2012CorRe..31..285R. doi:10.1007/ ... It prefers river mouths and estuaries, as opposed to reefs which are usually preferred as shelter by other types of octopus. ... Coker, Darren J. (2013). "Documentation of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia." Marine ... Harmon, Katherine (February 21, 2013). "Mimic Octopus Makes Home on Great Barrier Reef". Scientific American Blog Network. ...
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These reefs are composed of large coral colonies of a variety of species living together. The corals form multiple symbiotic ... An atoll lagoon is a circular coral reef or several coral islands that surround a lagoon. Atoll lagoons are often much deeper ... "Coral Reefs". Ocean Health Index. Retrieved 2018-12-01. Burke, Lauretta Marie (2011). Reefs at Risk Revisited , World Resources ... Coral reefs are one of the most well-known marine ecosystems in the world, with the largest being the Great Barrier Reef. ...
Bos AR, GS Gumanao; FN Salac (2008). "A newly discovered predator of the crown-of-thorns starfish" (PDF). Coral Reefs. 27: 581 ... like other corals in the phylum Corallimorpharia, depend highly on their production of zooxanthellae and numerous animals which ... is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These ...
12% of its coral reefs are in MPAs. The Philippines have some the world's best coral reefs and protect them to attract ... Christie, P.; White, A. T. (2007). "Best Practices for Improved Governance of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas". Coral Reefs. ... Coral reefs are the best represented. Two networks are under development, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (a long barrier ... Coral reef systems have been in decline worldwide. Causes include overfishing, pollution and ocean acidification. As of 2013 30 ...
Branching corals of the genus Acropora are among the fastest-growing taxa on most coral reefs. A. hyacinthus has an average ... but is likely to be threatened by the global reduction of coral reefs, the increase of temperature causing coral bleaching, ... It lives on shallow reefs on upper reef slopes, and is found from depths of 1-25 metres (3.3-82.0 ft). Crown-of-thorns starfish ... Coral Reefs. 15 (3): 169-175. doi:10.1007/BF01145887. ISSN 1432-0975. Wakeford, M.; Done, T. J.; Johnson, C. R. (2008). " ...
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"First observation of the nudibranch Tenellia feeding on the scleractinian coral Pavona decussata". Coral Reefs. 36 (4): 1121. ... Phestilla melanocrachia, a species of nudibranch that feeds on stony coral, utilizes specific cryptic patterning in reef ... The nudibranch syphons pigments from the consumed coral into the epidermis, adopting the same shade as the consumed coral. This ... However, P. melanocrachia can only feed and lay eggs on the branches of host-coral, Platygyra carnosa, which limits the ...
This behavior has been seen in fish as well as in the larvae of scleractinian corals. Many families of coral reef fish are ... Kaplan MB, Mooney TA (August 2016). "Coral reef soundscapes may not be detectable far from the reef". Scientific Reports. 6 (1 ... "Settlement-stage coral reef fish prefer the higher-frequency invertebrate-generated audible component of reef noise". Animal ... Self-recruitment in a coral reef fish population. Nature 402: 802-804. Swearer, S. E., J. E. Caselle, D. W. Lea, and R. R. ...
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... are on the same coral reef, one of them transforms back into a male goby. Sex determination in coral goby Gobiodon ... On coral reefs, species of gobiids constitute 35% of the total number of fishes and 20% of the species diversity. The family ... Their range extends from the Old World coral reefs to the seas of the New World, and includes the rivers and near-shore ... Hobbs, J.-P. A.; Munday, P.L.; Jones, G.P. (2004). "Social induction of maturation and sex determination in a coral reef fish ...
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The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venomous coral reef fish in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. It is ... Côté, Im; Maljkovic, A (8 April 2010). "Predation rates of Indo-Pacific lionfish on Bahamian coral reefs". Marine Ecology ... as well as declines in the overall diversity of coral reef areas. Although little is known about the larval stage of the ... Coral Reefs. 27 (3): 501. Bibcode:2008CorRe..27..501M. doi:10.1007/s00338-008-0372-9. S2CID 29564920. ProQuest 235788303. Bos, ...
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Bernardi, G. (2012). "The use of tools by wrasses (Labridae)". Coral Reefs. 31 (1): 39. doi:10.1007/s00338-011-0823-6. Photos ... It inhabits reefs at depths from 1 to 25 m (3.3-82.0 ft). This species can reach a length of 50 cm (20 in). It is commercially ...
Its population is unknown but it is believed to be decreasing in line with the global destruction of coral reefs; it is ... The blue coral is listed under Appendix II of CITES. The world's largest deposit of blue coral is in Shiraho, Japan. This ... Blue coral (Heliopora coerulea) is a species of colonial coral. It is the only octocoral known to produce a massive skeleton. ... Drawing the Sea Near: Satoumi and Coral Reef Conservation in Okinawa. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press "Heliopora ...
"Invasive introduced sponge Mycale grandis overgrows reef corals in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i". Coral Reefs. 26 (4): 911. doi ... Since then it has moved out of its normal habitats and is also found on reef slopes in Kāne'ohe Bay where it is overgrowing and ... regrowth of the sponges occurred and the corals were damaged inadvertently. Further trials included the injection of compressed ... suppressing native coral species such as Montipora capitata and Porites compressa. A study that took place from 2004 onwards ...
In 2009, two sooty gulls near Hamata, Egypt, were seen using prey-dropping behaviour on a strip of coral reef. Unlike other ... Bernardi, G. (2011). "The use of tools by wrasses (Labridae)". Coral Reefs. 31: 39. doi:10.1007/s00338-011-0823-6. S2CID ... This behaviour has been recorded in a blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii) on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, yellowhead ...
"Behaviour of pelagic larvae of four coral-reef fish species in the ocean and an atoll lagoon". Coral Reefs. 19 (3): 247-257. ... Hiatt, Robert W.; Strasburg, Donald W. (1960). "Ecological Relationships of the Fish Fauna on Coral Reefs of the Marshall ... sometimes close to land over rock and coral reef systems, as well as far offshore. The species occasionally comes quite close ... Chen, S.R. (1989). "Study on Aggregation Effect of Artificial Floating Fish Reef". Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan. ...
Although not a true coral, Millepora alcicornis is subject to the same general threats that corals and coral reefs are facing. ... Coral Reefs. 18 (2): 133-140. doi:10.1007/s003380050167. S2CID 36732574. Venomous corals: The fire corals Coralmania. Retrieved ... The encrustations can become established on a variety of structures, not only on coral reefs and rocks but also on dead corals ... It is an important member of the reef building community and subject to the same threats as other corals. It can cause painful ...
Anemonefish and their host anemones are found on coral reefs and face similar environmental issues. Like corals, anemones ... Lieske, E.; Myers, R. (2001). Coral reef fishes. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691089959. "Amphiprion polymnus". ... Coral Reefs. 24 (4): 564-573. doi:10.1007/s00338-005-0027-z. S2CID 25027153. Jones, A.M.; Gardner, S.; Sinclair, W. (2008). " ... A. polymnus is found in the center of the Indo-Pacific area, known as the Coral Triangle, from the Philippines to Indonesia and ...
Papastamatiou, Y.P.; Meyer, C.G. & Maragos, J.E. (2007). "Sharks as cleaners for reef fish". Coral Reefs. 26 (2): 277. doi: ... In the inshore environment, the species is present in almost all settings including bays, harbours, coral and rocky reefs, ... Hobson, E.S. (1974). "Feeding Relationships of Teleostean Fishes on Coral Reefs in Kona, Hawaii" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin. 72 (4 ... While most fish patrol the one reef, some have been observed to make excursions to nearby reefs, before returning to their home ...
It inhabits shallow coral reefs off northern Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands. Reaching 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in length, ... It is most often encountered in reef channels and faces, or atop coral heads. Considered the most specialized member of its ... This common bottom-dweller inhabits coral reefs, perhaps exclusively, in both inshore and offshore waters from the intertidal ... Ceccarelli, D.M.; Williamson, D.H. (2012). "Sharks that eat sharks: opportunistic predation by wobbegongs". Coral Reefs. 31 (2 ...
... persistent disturbance and long-term shifts in the structure of fish and coral communities at Tiahura reef, Moorea". Coral ... Montipora corals are common on reefs and lagoons of the Red Sea, the western Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean, but ... Montipora corals are preyed upon by corallivorous fish, such as butterflyfish. Montipora corals are known to host endo- and ... Montipora corals have the smallest corallites of any coral family. Columellae are not present. Coenosteum and corallite walls ...
The coral reefs of the Phoenix Islands were notable for their moderate Live Coral Cover (LCC) of 20-40% and evidence of high ... which create coral rubble in the lagoons and base of the reefs. The dominant bottom cover of the lagoons was hard coral (36.0 ... coral reef, deep reef, sea mount, deep benthos, and open ocean, which are all represented within the protected zone. The 2000 ... "Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs". The ISME Journal. 6 (3): 638-649. doi:10.1038/ISMEJ.2011.114. PMC ...