©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation
©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.We evaluated turf-coral interactions and their impacts relative to those of macroalgae by placing corals (Acropora pulchra and Porites rus) in contact with turf communities from territories of two species of damselfishes, with two common macroalgae, and with inert algal mimics as physical controls. After 13 days, turfs reduced coral photosynthesis by 31–59%, while macroalgae and mimics had minimal effects. After 24 hours of contact, chemicals from turf surfaces suppressed coral photosynthesis, a...
Show moreThis dataset is part of a larger study of the coral reef ecosystem in Mo’orea, French Polynesia that examines mechanisms governing interactions between damselfish, corals, and turf algae. The different analyses from the broader study are listed here, with links to these associated data in the 'Related Datasets' section below.
Analyses undertaken include:
Organism identifiers for taxonomic names within this dataset:
Scientific name, LSID (Life Science Identifier)
Stegastes nigricans, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218849
Stegastes punctatus, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712757
Acropora pulchra, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207015
Porites rus, urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207231
Sargassum pacificum, ????? urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:495052 or three others
Amansia rhodantha,
Altman-Kurosaki, N. T., Hay, M. E., Pratte, Z., Stewart, F. J. (2025) Impacts of turf-coral interactions from allelopathy experiments in Mo'orea, French Polynesia during austral summer (Mar 2022) and austral winter (Sep 2022). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-01-23 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/949219 [access date]
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