Evaluation of stony coral indicators for coral reef management

被引：30

作者：

Fisher, William S. ^{[1
]}

Fore, Leska S.

Hutchins, Aaron ^{[2
]}

Quarles, Robert L. ^{[1
]}

Campbell, Jed G. ^{[1
]}

LoBue, Charles ^{[3
]}

Davis, Wayne S. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] US EPA, Off Res & Dev, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 USA

[2] USVI, Dept Planning & Nat Resources, St Croix, VI 00840 USA

[3] US EPA, New York, NY 10007 USA

[4] US EPA, Off Environm Informat, Ft George G Meade, MD 20755 USA

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 2008年 / 56卷 / 10期

关键词：

Coral reef assessment; Coral bioassessment; Biocriteria; Stony corals; Coral reef management; Water quality; Metric testing; US Virgin Islands; Caribbean Sea;

D O I：

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.07.002

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Colonies of reef-building stony corals at 57 stations around St. Croix, US Virgin Islands were characterized by species, size and percentage of living tissue. Taxonomic. biological and physical indicators of coral condition were derived from these measurements and assessed for their response to gradients of human disturbance-a requirement for indicators used in regulatory assessments under authority of the Clean Water Act. At the most intensely disturbed location, five of eight primary indicators were highly correlated with distance from the source of disturbance: Coral taxa richness, average colony size, the coefficient of variation of colony size, total topographic coral surface area, and live coral surface area. An additional set of exploratory indicators related to rarity, reproductive and spawning mode and taxonomic identity were also screened. The primary indicators demonstrated sufficient precision to detect levels of change that would be applicable in a regional-scale regulatory program. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

引用

页码：1737 / 1745

页数：9

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