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Jahangir Vajed Samiei, Koosha Dab, Behrooz Abtahi,
2012
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Short Term Growth Rate of Acropora downingi in the Coral Reef of Hengam Island, the Persian Gulf
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75292
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Jahangir Vajed Samiei, Koosha Dab, Behrooz Abtahi
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2012
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Short Term Growth Rate of Acropora downingi in the Coral Reef of Hengam Island, the Persian Gulf
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Anchor damage, Cable tie, Colonial inversion, Transplantation, Weighting
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In the Persian Gulf, Acropora- dominated coral reefs have been damaged by global and local disturbances. Inversion of coral colonies mostly occur due to anchoring and fishing in many coral reefs, particularly those established nearby human societies, like the coral reef of Hengam Island, in the Persian Gulf. The short term growth rates (weight increment) of inversely and normally transplanted colony fragments of Acropora downingi, the dominant species of the coral reef of Hengam Island, were compared in autumn 2011. Transplants showed self attachment to substrates after a few weeks. Our results showed sub-normal growth rate of inversely transplanted fragments and provided some basic knowledge about the growth rate of A. downingi in a coral reef with a high benthic coverage during a medium thermal season.
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Jahangir Vajed Samiei, Koosha Dab, Parviz Ghezellou, Arash Shirvani,
2013
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Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf
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75291
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Jahangir Vajed Samiei, Koosha Dab, Parviz Ghezellou, Arash Shirvani
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2013
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Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf
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Cnidaria, coral identification, coral taxonomy, hard coral, Iran
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There is a shortage of knowledge about taxonomy and distribution of coral reef communities in the Persian Gulf. One of the main steps in the conservation and evaluation of such an environment is to locate and identify the communities and their inhabited fauna and flora. In the present study scleractinian corals were collected from depths of 3 to 9 meter around Larak Island, Persian Gulf. Underwater photographs of the sampled specimens were obtained in the natural habitat before sampling. 37 species have been identified via morphological characteristics of exoskeletons. The following study provid-ed a pictorial reference to enhance the basic knowledge about coral reef communities in the Persian Gulf.
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Jahangir Vajed Samiei, Koosha Dab, Parviz Ghezellou, Arash Shirvani,
2013
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Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf
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75290
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Jahangir Vajed Samiei, Koosha Dab, Parviz Ghezellou, Arash Shirvani
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2013
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Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf
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Cnidaria, coral identification, coral taxonomy, hard coral, Iran
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There is a shortage of knowledge about taxonomy and distribution of coral reef communities in the Persian Gulf. One of the main steps in the conservation and evaluation of such an environment is to locate and identify the communities and their inhabited fauna and flora. In the present study scleractinian corals were collected from depths of 3 to 9 meter around Larak Island, Persian Gulf. Underwater photographs of the sampled specimens were obtained in the natural habitat before sampling. 37 species have been identified via morphological characteristics of exoskeletons. The following study provid-ed a pictorial reference to enhance the basic knowledge about coral reef communities in the Persian Gulf.
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Sanciangco, J. C, K. E. Carpenter, P. J. Etnoyer and F. Moretzsohn ,
2013
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Habitat Availability and Heterogeneity and the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool as Predictors of Marine Species Richness in the Tropical Indo-Pacific
PLoS ONE 8(2): e56245. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056245
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75289
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Sanciangco, J. C, K. E. Carpenter, P. J. Etnoyer and F. Moretzsohn
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2013
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Habitat Availability and Heterogeneity and the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool as Predictors of Marine Species Richness in the Tropical Indo-Pacific
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PLoS ONE 8(2): e56245. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056245
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Coral Triangle, marine species richness, Tropical Indo-Pacific, GIS
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Range overlap patterns were observed in a dataset of 10,446 expert-derived marine species distribution maps, including 8,295 coastal fishes, 1,212 invertebrates (crustaceans and molluscs), 820 reef-building corals, 50 seagrasses, and 69 mangroves. Distributions of tropical Indo-Pacific shore fishes revealed a concentration of species richness in the northern apex and central region of the Coral Triangle epicenter of marine biodiversity. This pattern was supported by distributions of invertebrates and habitat-forming primary producers. Habitat availability, heterogeneity, and sea surface temperatures were highly correlated with species richness across spatial grains ranging from 23,000 to 5,100,000 km2 with and without correction for autocorrelation. The consistent retention of habitat variables in our predictive models supports the area of refuge hypothesis which posits reduced extinction rates in the Coral Triangle. This does not preclude support for a center of origin hypothesis that suggests increased speciation in the region may contribute to species richness. In addition, consistent retention of sea surface temperatures in models suggests that available kinetic energy may also be an important factor in shaping patterns of marine species richness. Kinetic energy may hasten rates of both extinction and speciation. The position of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool to the east of the Coral Triangle in central Oceania and a pattern of increasing species richness from this region into the central and northern parts of the Coral Triangle suggests peripheral speciation with enhanced survival in the cooler parts of the Coral Triangle that also have highly concentrated available habitat. These results indicate that conservation of habitat availability and heterogeneity is important to reduce extinction of marine species and that changes in sea surface temperatures may influence the evolutionary potential of the region.
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Pena, M. and P. Edwards (Eds.),
2013
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SOCMONITOR
SocMon Newsletter, Issues 11, January 2013
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75288
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Pena, M. and P. Edwards (Eds.)
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2013
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SOCMONITOR
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SocMon Newsletter, Issues 11, January 2013
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Socmonitor, SEM-Pasifika initiatives, MPA, socioeconomic
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SocMonitor is an electronic bulletin about the Global Socio-economic Monitoring Initiative to update everyone on what is happening with socio-economic monitoring through the SocMon and SEM-Pasifika initiatives. This is the January 2013 issue of the SocMonitor. This issues include:
- From the editors
- CC SocMon ends in February
- Taking SocMon forward in South Asia
- Upcoming SocMon event, Belize February 2013
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SocMonitor is an electronic bulletin about the Global Socio-economic Monitoring Initiative to update everyone on what is happening with socio-economic monitoring through the SocMon and SEM-Pasifika initiatives. This is the January 2013 issue of the SocMonitor. This issues include:
- From the editors
- CC SocMon ends in February
- Taking SocMon forward in South Asia
- Upcoming SocMon event, Belize February 2013
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