Zoantharia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) abundance and associations with Porifera and Hydrozoa across a depth gradient on the west coast of Curaçao ...

Despite much research on zoantharians, little work has been done on the abundance of these animals in depths greater than 5 m. In this study, we examined the abundance of zoantharian species and their associated fauna at four depths (5, 10, 20, and 30 m) at multiple sites on the leeward west side of Curaçao in the southern Caribbean in order to provide baseline data. We aimed to quantify zoantharian-host associations in Curaçao to examine if the associations present vary according to different sites and across depths. Results showed that zooxanthellate Palythoa and Zoanthus were most common in... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Reimer, James Davis
Hin Boo Wee
Jaaziel E. García-Hernández
Hoeksema, Bert W.
Dokumenttyp: dataset
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: Taylor & Francis
Schlagwörter: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified / FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences / Ecology / FOS: Biological sciences / 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified / Inorganic Chemistry / FOS: Chemical sciences
Sprache: unknown
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7492256.v2

Despite much research on zoantharians, little work has been done on the abundance of these animals in depths greater than 5 m. In this study, we examined the abundance of zoantharian species and their associated fauna at four depths (5, 10, 20, and 30 m) at multiple sites on the leeward west side of Curaçao in the southern Caribbean in order to provide baseline data. We aimed to quantify zoantharian-host associations in Curaçao to examine if the associations present vary according to different sites and across depths. Results showed that zooxanthellate Palythoa and Zoanthus were most common in shallow waters (5 m), although perhaps less common than observed 35–45 years ago, while sponge-associated species of Macrocnemina were commonly observed at greater depths. There was increasing zoantharian abundance and diversity with greater depth, and two major clusters of zoantharian assemblages in multi-dimensional scaling analyses, one cluster of shallow 5-m datasets, and the other of the large majority of 10-, ...