The Fate of Corals: Will They Overcome Competition with Algae and Cyanobacteria in a Changing Environment?
Coral reefs provide substantial ecological and economic services to coastal communities in the tropics. Hence, there is a great concern about the permanence of these ecosystems and the consequent loss of the economic, ecological and social services coral reefs provide due to their susceptibility to...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.6n9nsq 2023-05-15T17:51:15+02:00 The Fate of Corals: Will They Overcome Competition with Algae and Cyanobacteria in a Changing Environment? Puyana, Monica 2018-01-01 https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71568 https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/a664d479-0f4e-4dae-9f98-450ca383c1ea/assets/external_content.pdf https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/a664d479-0f4e-4dae-9f98-450ca383c1ea en eng IntechOpen ISBN:9789535139096 doi:10.5772/intechopen.71568 10670/1.6n9nsq https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/a664d479-0f4e-4dae-9f98-450ca383c1ea/assets/external_content.pdf https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/a664d479-0f4e-4dae-9f98-450ca383c1ea lic_creative-commons Open Research Library envir geo Book https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_2f33/ 2018 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71568 2023-01-22T17:38:17Z Coral reefs provide substantial ecological and economic services to coastal communities in the tropics. Hence, there is a great concern about the permanence of these ecosystems and the consequent loss of the economic, ecological and social services coral reefs provide due to their susceptibility to natural and anthropogenic threats. Large-scale processes such as strong El Niño Southern Oscillation events, global warming and ocean acidification represent significant challenges for coral reefs. Benthic cyanobacteria and seaweed have substantially increased in reef areas, facilitated by excessive nutrient input, reduction in herbivore populations and global warming. This review briefly describes the currently known aspects of coral, algae and cyanobacterial interactions, as well as the local and global environmental and ecological aspects that have caused the increase of algae and cyanobacteria in detriment to reef corals. Reef communities will keep changing in the light of large-scale events and anthropogenic influences. As short-term measures, ambitious programs for grazer reintroduction could help curb population growth of algae and cyanobacteria. Medium- to long-term measures should be oriented at limiting nutrient input to water bodies. Book Ocean acidification Unknown |
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Coral reefs provide substantial ecological and economic services to coastal communities in the tropics. Hence, there is a great concern about the permanence of these ecosystems and the consequent loss of the economic, ecological and social services coral reefs provide due to their susceptibility to natural and anthropogenic threats. Large-scale processes such as strong El Niño Southern Oscillation events, global warming and ocean acidification represent significant challenges for coral reefs. Benthic cyanobacteria and seaweed have substantially increased in reef areas, facilitated by excessive nutrient input, reduction in herbivore populations and global warming. This review briefly describes the currently known aspects of coral, algae and cyanobacterial interactions, as well as the local and global environmental and ecological aspects that have caused the increase of algae and cyanobacteria in detriment to reef corals. Reef communities will keep changing in the light of large-scale events and anthropogenic influences. As short-term measures, ambitious programs for grazer reintroduction could help curb population growth of algae and cyanobacteria. Medium- to long-term measures should be oriented at limiting nutrient input to water bodies. |
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The Fate of Corals: Will They Overcome Competition with Algae and Cyanobacteria in a Changing Environment? |
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The Fate of Corals: Will They Overcome Competition with Algae and Cyanobacteria in a Changing Environment? |
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The Fate of Corals: Will They Overcome Competition with Algae and Cyanobacteria in a Changing Environment? |
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