scholarly journals Patterns of environmental variability influence coral‐associated bacterial and algal communities on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (13) ◽  
pp. 2334-2348
Author(s):  
Lauren Speare ◽  
Sarah W. Davies ◽  
John P. Balmonte ◽  
Justin Baumann ◽  
Karl D. Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Algal Communities ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef

Pathways and Hydrography in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Part 1: Circulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 164-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Carrillo ◽  
E.M. Johns ◽  
R.H. Smith ◽  
J.T. Lamkin ◽  
J.L. Largier
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ◽  
System Part ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef

Physical connectivity in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System inferred from 9 years of ocean color observations

Coral Reefs ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Soto ◽  
S. Andréfouët ◽  
C. Hu ◽  
F. E. Muller-Karger ◽  
C. C. Wall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Color ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef

scholarly journals Identifying zooplankton community changes between shallow and upper-mesophotic reefs on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Caribbean

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic A Andradi-Brown ◽  
Catherine Head ◽  
Dan A Exton ◽  
Christina L Hunt ◽  
Alicia Hendrix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zooplankton Community ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Depth Gradient ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems ◽  
Community Shifts ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef ◽  
Community Changes ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
Zooplankton Communities

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs, reefs 30 -150m) are understudied, yet the limited research conducted has been biased towards large sessile taxa, such as scleractinian corals and sponges, or mobile taxa such as fish. Here we investigate zooplankton communities on shallow reefs and MCEs around Utila, on the southern Mesoamerican Barrier Reef using planktonic light traps. Zooplankton samples were sorted into broad taxonomic groups. Our results indicate similar taxonomic zooplankton richness and overall biomass between shallow reefs and MCEs, but that abundance of larger bodied (>2 mm) zooplanktonic groups, including decapod crab zoea, mysid shrimps and peracarid crustaceans was higher on MCEs than shallow reefs. Our findings highlight the important of considering zooplankton when identifying broader reef community shifts across the shallow reef to MCE depth gradient.

A new species of the hermit crab genus Areopaguristes Rahayu & McLaughlin, 2010 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) discovered in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef of Belize, Caribbean Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3480 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAEL LEMAITRE ◽  
DARRYL L. FELDER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hermit Crab ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Dense Population ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Western Caribbean ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef Zone ◽  
A New Species

A new species of hermit crab, Areopaguristes tudgei, family Diogenidae, is fully described and illustrated, including acolor photograph. A dense population of this new species was discovered living intertidally in a concealed habitat undercoral boulders covered with calcareous algae, on the crest to fore-reef zone in Carrie Bow Cay, a small island located onthe western Caribbean Mesoamerican Barrier Reef of Belize. This new species, the 24rd of Areopaguristes Rahayu &McLaughlin, 2010, and fourth known in this genus from the western Atlantic, is superficially similar to those of thePaguristes tortugae complex. As in species of that complex, A. tudgei n. sp. has dense plumose setation on the chelipeds,and at least in females, a fringe of plumose setae on the dorsolateral margins of the chelae, and on the dorsal margins ofthe walking legs. The presence in A. tudgei n. sp. of this setal arrangement, previously considered the only definingcharacter of the P. tortugae complex, can be attributed to convergence. The new species is contrasted with all other westernAtlantic congeners, and a key is presented to aid in their identification. A list of all western Atlantic species of Paguristes sensu lato and their current generic assignments is included.

Spatial distribution of surgeonfish and parrotfish in the north sector of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto C. Hernández-Landa ◽  
Gilberto Acosta-González ◽  
Enrique Núñez-Lara ◽  
Jesús E Arias-González
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef System ◽  
The North ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ◽  
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
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