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The importance of sampling scale in ecology: kilometer-wide variation in coral reef communities
Edmunds, P.J.; Bruno, J.F. (1996). The importance of sampling scale in ecology: kilometer-wide variation in coral reef communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 143(1-3): 165-171
In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. Inter-Research: Oldendorf/Luhe. ISSN 0171-8630; e-ISSN 1616-1599, meer
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Animal products > Coral
Composition > Community composition
Monitoring > Environmental monitoring
Reefs > Biogenic deposits > Coral reefs
Sampling > Biological sampling
Species diversity
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) [WoRMS]; Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845) [WoRMS]
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- Edmunds, P.J.
- Bruno, J.F.
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Observations along the north coast of Jamaica in 1994 suggested that areas of relatively high coral cover and high coral diversity occurred adjacent to reefs that have been in decline since 1980. This study was carried out to quantify these observations, to determine whether similar variation occurs elsewhere in the Caribbean, and to draw attention to the significance of kilometer-wide variation in coral reef community ecology. The fore reef (10 m depth) of Discovery Bay, Jamaica, had <3% coral cover, 12 species of scleractinians and >60% macroalgae cover and appeared typical of a highly degraded Caribbean reef. However, neighboring reefs (<9 km away) in the same reef zone and at the same depth had up to 19 species of scleractinians, significantly higher coral cover (5 to 23%) and lower macroalgae cover (10 to 39%). Three reefs along the south coast of St. John, US Virgin Islands (10 m depth), which are protected within a National Park, displayed comparable kilometer-wide variation in coral cover (3 to 33%) and macroalgae cover (22 to 33%). The abundance of juvenile corals also displayed similar levels of kilometer-wide variation within both islands. These results demonstrate that several measures of coral reef community structure are highly variable over a spatial scale of kilometers; further study of these patterns may prove valuable in discerning the causes and consequences of coral demise. The existence of such large-scale variation emphasizes the importance of careful choice of sampling scale in the design and interpretation of monitoring programs in community ecology. |
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