DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.006
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84933674094
论文题名: Environmental conditions influence tissue regeneration rates in scleractinian corals
作者: Sabine A.M. ; Smith T.B. ; Williams D.E. ; Brandt M.E.
刊名: Marine Pollution Bulletin
ISSN: 0025-326X
EISSN: 1879-3363
出版年: 2015
卷: 95, 期: 1 起始页码: 253
结束页码: 264
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Coral lesions
; Orbicella annularis
; Tissue regeneration
; Turbidity
; U.S. Virgin Islands
; Water flow
Scopus关键词: Flow of water
; Hydraulics
; Recovery
; Reefs
; Tissue
; Turbidity
; Water quality
; Anthropogenic disturbance
; Anthropogenic factors
; Coral lesions
; Environmental conditions
; Orbicella annularis
; Virgin islands
; Water flows
; Water quality parameters
; Tissue regeneration
; chlorophyll
; dissolved oxygen
; oxygen
; coral
; environmental conditions
; environmental disturbance
; environmental effect
; lesion
; regrowth
; turbidity
; water flow
; water quality
; Article
; bioaccumulation
; coral
; coral reef
; environmental monitoring
; environmental parameters
; environmental stress
; geographic distribution
; nonhuman
; Orbicella annularis
; Orbicella faveolata
; Orbicella franksi
; salinity
; sedimentation
; tissue regeneration
; turbidity
; Virgin Islands (U.S.)
; water analysis
; water flow
; water quality
; water temperature
; animal
; Anthozoa
; environment
; environmental monitoring
; physiology
; regeneration
; sediment
; water quality
; Leeward Islands [Lesser Antilles]
; Saint Thomas [Virgin Islands U.S.]
; Virgin Islands
; Virgin Islands (U.S.)
; Anthozoa
; Scleractinia
; Animals
; Anthozoa
; Environment
; Environmental Monitoring
; Geologic Sediments
; Oxygen
; Regeneration
; United States Virgin Islands
; Water Quality
Scopus学科分类: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要: Natural and anthropogenic factors may influence corals' ability to recover from partial mortality. To examine how environmental conditions affect lesion healing, we assessed several water quality parameters and tissue regeneration rates in corals at six reefs around St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. We hypothesized that sites closer to developed areas would have poor water quality due to proximity to anthropogenic stresses, which would impede tissue regeneration. We found that water flow and turbidity most strongly influenced lesion recovery rates. The most impacted site, with high turbidity and low flow, recovered almost three times slower than the least impacted site, with low turbidity, high flow, and low levels of anthropogenic disturbance. Our results illustrate that in addition to lesion-specific factors known to affect tissue regeneration, environmental conditions can also control corals' healing rates. Resource managers can use this information to protect low-flow, turbid nearshore reefs by minimizing sources of anthropogenic stress. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/86053
Appears in Collections: 过去全球变化的重建 全球变化的国际研究计划
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作者单位: University of the Virgin Islands, 2 John Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, United States; Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, 2 John Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, United States; Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL, United States
Recommended Citation:
Sabine A.M.,Smith T.B.,Williams D.E.,et al. Environmental conditions influence tissue regeneration rates in scleractinian corals[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2015-01-01,95(1)