Assessment of coral reefs using herbivory/nutrient assays and indicator groups of benthic primary producers: a critical synthesis, proposed protocols, and critique of management strategies

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HBOI Faculty Contributions
Contributors
Littler, Mark M.
Littler, Diane S.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Date Issued
2006
Note

Rapid assessment protocols for determining and monitoring the status of any given coral reef are provided and include measuring: (a) standing stocks of functional indicator groups, (b) herbivore populations, (c) water-column nutrient levels, (d) tissue C:N:P ratios, (e) algal physiological-response assays, and (f) herbivory assays. These measurements can reveal quantitative tipping-point levels beyond which resilience to undesirable phase shifts begins to become critically reduced. Universal tipping-point approximations are reviewed for inorganic nutrients, and posited for the first time for herbivory.

Language
English
Type
Text
Genre
article
Extent
22 p.
Subject (Topical)
Coral reef ecology
Reefs
Coral
Identifier
3174117
Additional Information
Rapid assessment protocols for determining and monitoring the status of any given coral reef are provided and include measuring: (a) standing stocks of functional indicator groups, (b) herbivore populations, (c) water-column nutrient levels, (d) tissue C:N:P ratios, (e) algal physiological-response assays, and (f) herbivory assays. These measurements can reveal quantitative tipping-point levels beyond which resilience to undesirable phase shifts begins to become critically reduced. Universal tipping-point approximations are reviewed for inorganic nutrients, and posited for the first time for herbivory.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publicationavailable at http://www.interscience.wiley.com and may be cited as: Littler, M. M., & Littler, D. S.(2007). Assessment of coral reefs using herbivory/nutrient assays and indicator groups of benthicprimary producers: a critical synthesis, proposed protocols, and critique of management strategies. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 17(2), 195-215. doi:10.1002/aqc.790
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1628.
Date Backup
2006
Date Text
2006
DOI
10.1002/aqc.790
Date Issued (EDTF)
2006
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Attributed name: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Littler, Mark M.

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22 p.
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174117
Title Plain
Assessment of coral reefs using herbivory/nutrient assays and indicator groups of benthic primary producers: a critical synthesis, proposed protocols, and critique of management strategies
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174117
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
2006
single unit
Title
Assessment of coral reefs using herbivory/nutrient assays and indicator groups of benthic primary producers: a critical synthesis, proposed protocols, and critique of management strategies
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Assessment of coral reefs using herbivory/nutrient assays and indicator groups of benthic primary producers: a critical synthesis, proposed protocols, and critique of management strategies