Low coral bleaching prevalence at the Bolinao-Anda Reef Complex, northwestern Philippines during the 2016 thermal stress event
| Autor: | Elizabeth J. Gomez, Mark Paulo S. Tolentino, Sherry Lyn G. Sayco, Jeremiah Noelle C. Requilme, Timothy Joseph R. Quimpo, Patrick C. Cabaitan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Fungia food.ingredient Coral bleaching Coral Philippines Porites 010501 environmental sciences Aquatic Science Oceanography 01 natural sciences Montipora food Abundance (ecology) Prevalence Animals Seriatopora Reef 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Ecology Coral Reefs 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology biology.organism_classification Anthozoa Pollution |
| Zdroj: | Marine pollution bulletin. 160 |
| ISSN: | 1879-3363 |
| Popis: | Here, we examined the coral bleaching responses during the 2016 thermal stress event and post-bleaching changes in coral communities in the heavily disturbed reefs of the Bolinao-Anda Reef Complex (BARC), northwestern Philippines. Less than 25% of colonies bleached, with 77% attributed to five genera (Dipsastrea, Porites, Fungia, Seriatopora, and Montipora). Coral bleaching prevalence was associated with site location, coral composition, and coral abundance, suggesting that small-scale variation (20 km) in coral communities (taxa and density) influences spatial variation in coral bleaching prevalence. There was no noticeable change in coral composition and cover two years after the bleaching event as exposure to chronic disturbance likely selected for the dominance of stress tolerant coral taxa and communities. Results show that the 2016 thermal stress event caused coral bleaching but with low prevalence at the BARC, which suggests that disturbed reefs may provide spatial refuge to coral communities from thermal stress. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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