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EFFECTS OF BENTHIC ALGAE ON THEREPLENISHMENT OF CORALS AND THE IMPLICATIONSFOR THE RESILIENCE OF CORAL REEFS

机译:底栖藻类对珊瑚增补的作用及其对珊瑚礁复原力的影响

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The ecological resilience of coral reefs depends critically on the capacity of coral populations to re-establish in habitats dominated by macroalgae. Coral reefs globally are under rapidly increasing pressure from human activities, especially from climate change, with serious environmental, social and economic consequences. Coral mortality is usually followed by colonisation by benthic algae of various forms, so that algae dominate most degraded and disturbed reefs. The capacity of coral populations to re-establish in this algal-dominated environment will depend on direct and indirect impacts of the algae on the supply of coral larvae from remnant adults, on settlement of coral larvae and on the post-settlement survival and growth of juvenile corals. The effects of benthic algae on coral replenishment vary considerably but the thick mats or large seaweeds typical of degraded reefs have predominantly negative impacts. Some algae, mostly calcareous red algae, may enhance coral settlement on healthy reefs. Algal effects on coral replenishment include reduced fecundity and larval survival, pre-emption of space for settlement, abrasion or overgrowth of recruits, sloughing or dislodgement of recruits settled on crustose algae, and changes to habitat conditions. There is a serious lack of information about these effects, which are likely to cause bottlenecks in coral recovery and significantly reduce the resilience of coral reefs.
机译:珊瑚礁的生态恢复能力主要取决于珊瑚种群在以大型藻类为主的生境中重建的能力。全球范围内的珊瑚礁正承受着人类活动,尤其是气候变化带来的巨大压力,带来了严重的环境,社会和经济后果。珊瑚死亡通常伴随着各种形式的底栖藻类定居,因此藻类在大多数退化和受干扰的珊瑚礁中占主导地位。珊瑚种群在这种以藻类为主的环境中重建的能力将取决于藻类对残余成年珊瑚幼虫的供应,珊瑚幼虫的定居以及定居后鱼类的生存和生长的直接和间接影响。幼小的珊瑚。底栖藻类对珊瑚补给的影响差异很大,但退化珊瑚礁所特有的厚垫或大型海藻主要产生负面影响。一些藻类(主要是钙质红藻)可能会增强健康珊瑚礁上的珊瑚沉降。藻类对珊瑚补给的影响包括繁殖力和幼虫存活率降低,居留空间的抢占,新兵的磨损或过度生长,定居在藻类藻类上的新兵的脱落或流离失所以及栖息地条件的变化。严重缺乏有关这些影响的信息,这些信息可能会导致珊瑚康复的瓶颈,并大大降低珊瑚礁的复原力。

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