2017年
Non-bleached colonies of massive Porites may attract fishes for selective grazing during mass bleaching events.
PeerJ
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- 巻
- 5
- 号
- 6
- 開始ページ
- e3470
- 終了ページ
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.7717/peerj.3470
- 出版者・発行元
- PeerJ Inc.
In this study we investigated the variation in grazing scar densities between bleached and non-bleached colonies of massive Porites species in Sekisei Lagoon (Okinawa, southwestern Japan) during a mass bleaching event in 2016. The grazing scar densities and bleaching susceptibility varied among neighboring colonies of massive Porites spp. However, non-bleached colonies had significantly more surface scars than bleached colonies. One explanation for these variations is that corallivorous fishes may selectively graze on non-bleached, thermally tolerant colonies. This is the first report of a relationship between grazing scars and the bleaching status of massive Porites spp. colonies during a mass bleaching event.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.7717/peerj.3470
- ISSN : 2167-8359
- ORCIDのPut Code : 40385722
- PubMed ID : 28674649
- PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC5494163
- SCOPUS ID : 85021658753