Size matters: experimental partitioning of the strength of fish herbivory on a fringing coral reef in Moorea, French Polynesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 933-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Fong ◽  
Nicholas M. Frazier ◽  
Cameron Tompkins-Cook ◽  
Ranjan Muthukrishnan ◽  
Caitlin R. Fong
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Fish Herbivory

Spatiotemporal distribution of nocturnal coral reef fish juveniles in Moorea Island, French Polynesia

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lecchini ◽  
Yohei Nakamura ◽  
Makoto Tsuchiya ◽  
René Galzin
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Spatiotemporal Distribution ◽  
Fish Juveniles ◽  
Moorea Island

PRIMARY PRODUCTION, CALCIFICATION, AND AIR-SEA CO2 FLUXES OF A MACROALGAL-DOMINATED CORAL REEF COMMUNITY (MOOREA, FRENCH POLYNESIA)1

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 729-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Pierre Gattuso ◽  
Claude E. Payri ◽  
Michel Pichon ◽  
Bruno Delesalle ◽  
Michel Frankignoulle
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Primary Production ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Co2 Fluxes ◽  
Coral Reef Community ◽  
Reef Community

Long-term coastline monitoring on a coral reef island (Moorea, French Polynesia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 104928
Author(s):  
Rakamaly Madi Moussa ◽  
Lily Fogg ◽  
Frédéric Bertucci ◽  
Maelle Calandra ◽  
Antoine Collin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
French Polynesia

Spirocamallanus species of French Polynesian coral reef fishes

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1270-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Rigby ◽  
Martin L. Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Buccal Capsule ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
New Host ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
Single Clade ◽  
Taxonomic Importance ◽  
New Host Records

Spirocamallanus monotaxis is redescribed from Monotaxis grandoculis (Lethrinidae) and reported from 10 other species of coral reef associated fishes from both the Society Islands and the Tuamotu Islands. This represents a new locality for S. monotaxis and 10 new host records. Spirocamallanus colei n.sp. is described from Acanthurus achilles (Acanthuridae) and from Acanthurus guttatus, Acanthurus lineatus, Acanthurus triostegus, and Zebrasoma scopas from both the Society Islands and the Tuamotu Islands. Spirocamallanus chaimha n.sp. is described from Ctenochaetus striatus and Acanthurus olivaceous (Acanthuridae) from Moorea in the Society Islands. The number of buccal capsule ridges in Spirocamallanus varies and minor differences have no taxonomic importance. Marine Spirocamallanus species appear to belong to a single clade characterized by 3 preanal papillae and 5 postanal papillae. This clade may be subdivided on the basis of the shape of the female tail. In French Polynesia, ecological factors as opposed to phylogenetic factors appear to determine host specificity for Spirocamallanus. A new system of reporting the positions of the caudal papillae, based on the position of the papillae relative to the length of the alae, is used.

Genetic evidence of closed life-cycles for some coral reef fishes within Taiaro Lagoon (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia)

Coral Reefs ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Planes ◽  
P. Romans ◽  
R. Lecomte-Finiger
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Coral Reef Fishes ◽  
Genetic Evidence ◽  
Tuamotu Archipelago

scholarly journals Ocean acidification accelerates dissolution of experimental coral reef communities

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Comeau ◽  
R. C. Carpenter ◽  
C. A. Lantz ◽  
P. J. Edmunds
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Ocean Acidification ◽  
Benthic Communities ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
High Pco2 ◽  
Back Reef ◽  
Percentage Cover ◽  
Tropical Coral ◽  
Reef Communities ◽  
Coral Reef Communities

Abstract. Ocean acidification (OA) poses a severe threat to tropical coral reefs, yet much of what is know about these effects comes from individual corals and algae incubated in isolation under high pCO2. Studies of similar effects on coral reef communities are scarce. To investigate the response of coral reef communities to OA, we used large outdoor flumes in which communities composed of calcified algae, corals, and sediment were combined to match the percentage cover of benthic communities in the shallow back reef of Moorea, French Polynesia. Reef communities in the flumes were exposed to ambient (~ 400 μatm) and high pCO2 (~ 1300 μatm) for 8 weeks, and calcification rates measured for the constructed communities including the sediments. Community calcification was reduced by 59% under high pCO2, with sediment dissolution explaining ~ 50% of this decrease; net calcification of corals and calcified algae remained positive but was reduced by 29% under elevated pCO2. These results show that, despite the capacity of coral reef calcifiers to maintain positive net accretion of calcium carbonate under OA conditions, reef communities might transition to net dissolution as pCO2 increases, particularly at night, due to enhanced sediment dissolution.

scholarly journals Spatial scale‐dependent vertical zonation of coral reef community structure in French Polynesia

Ecosphere ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Edmunds ◽  
James J. Leichter
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Spatial Scale ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Vertical Zonation ◽  
Coral Reef Community ◽  
Reef Community

Long-term variation in mollusc assemblages on a coral reef, Moorea, French Polynesia

Coral Reefs ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Augustin ◽  
G. Richard ◽  
B. Salvat
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Term Variation ◽  
Mollusc Assemblages

Influence of some coral reef communities on the calcium carbonate budget of Tiahura reef (Moorea, French Polynesia)

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Le Campion-Alsumard ◽  
J.-C. Romano ◽  
M. Peyrot-Clausade ◽  
J. Le Campion ◽  
R. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Carbonate Budget ◽  
Reef Communities ◽  
Coral Reef Communities
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