Management of scleractinian coral assemblages in temperate non-reefal areas: insights from a long-term monitoring study in Kushimoto, Japan (33°N)

In this era of global climate change, understanding fundamental mechanisms of coral community maintenance and persistence in temperate non-reefal areas is a high marine conservation priority. To identify mechanisms of community maintenance and persistence via larval supply, we monitored coral settle...

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Published in:Marine biology 2021-09, Vol.168 (9), Article 140
Main Authors: Nakamura, Masako, Nomura, Keiichi, Hirabayashi, Isao, Nakajima, Yuichi, Nakajima, Takumi, Mitarai, Satoshi, Yokochi, Hiroyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acropora hyacinthus
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Climate change
Colonies
Conservation
Coral reefs and islands
Corals
Environmental aspects
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Genetic analysis
Genetic markers
Genetic structure
Genotypes
Life Sciences
Maintenance
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
Marine biology
Marine conservation
Marine invertebrates
Microbiology
Microsatellites
Morphology
Oceanography
Original Paper
Population establishment
Population genetics
Population structure
Recruitment (fisheries)
Species
Survival
Zoology
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Summary:In this era of global climate change, understanding fundamental mechanisms of coral community maintenance and persistence in temperate non-reefal areas is a high marine conservation priority. To identify mechanisms of community maintenance and persistence via larval supply, we monitored coral settlement over 12 years and investigated the genetic population structure of two major acroporid species at Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (33°N). Between 8 and 30 artificial settlement panel pairs were deployed from May or June to September, October, or November of each year. Recruits on settlement panel pairs were scarce, especially those of acroporids (0 or 
ISSN:0025-3162
1432-1793
DOI:10.1007/s00227-021-03948-2