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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.024
	The relationship between macroalgae taxa and human disturbance on central Pacific coral reefs
	Cannon S.E.; Donner S.D.; Fenner D.; Beger M.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0025326X
起始页码	161
结束页码	173
卷号	145
英文摘要	Climate change and human disturbance threatens coral reefs across the Pacific, yet there is little consensus on what characterizes a “healthy” reef. Benthic cover, particularly low coral cover and high macroalgae cover, are often used as an indicator of reef degradation, despite uncertainty about the typical algal community compositions associated with either near-pristine or damaged reefs. In this study, we examine differences in coral and algal community compositions and their response to human disturbance and past heat stress, by analysing 25 sites along a gradient of human disturbance in Majuro and Arno Atolls of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Our results show that total macroalgae cover indicators of reef degradation may mask the influence of local human disturbance, with different taxa responding to disturbance differently. Identifying macroalgae to a lower taxonomic level (e.g. the genus level) is critical for a more accurate measure of Pacific coral reef health. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Coral and macroalgal cover; Coral reef; Diagnostics; Macroalgae; Monitoring and assessment; Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate change; Plasma diagnostics; Coral and macroalgal cover; Coral reef; Macro-algae; Monitoring and assessment; Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI); Reefs; anthropogenic effect; community composition; coral reef; environmental assessment; environmental monitoring; macroalga; monitoring; algal community; article; coral reef; genus; heat stress; human; macroalga; Marshall Islands; monitoring; nonhuman; animal; Anthozoa; biodiversity; environment; Federated States of Micronesia; Pacific Ocean; physiology; seaweed; Marshall Islands; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Ocean (Central); algae; Anthozoa; Animals; Anthozoa; Biodiversity; Coral Reefs; Environment; Humans; Micronesia; Pacific Ocean; Seaweed
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/149825
作者单位	Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada; P.O. Box 7390, Pago Pago, AS 96799, United States; School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cannon S.E.,Donner S.D.,Fenner D.,et al. The relationship between macroalgae taxa and human disturbance on central Pacific coral reefs[J],2019,145.
APA	Cannon S.E.,Donner S.D.,Fenner D.,&Beger M..(2019).The relationship between macroalgae taxa and human disturbance on central Pacific coral reefs.Marine Pollution Bulletin,145.
MLA	Cannon S.E.,et al."The relationship between macroalgae taxa and human disturbance on central Pacific coral reefs".Marine Pollution Bulletin 145(2019).