New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system

ABSTRACT A multibeam sonar combined with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) were used at the Veracruz Reef System (VRS), Gulf of Mexico, during the spawning period of August 2016 in order to elucidate plankton trajectories within the study area. The new high-resolution bathymetry provided t...

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Autores principales:	Liaño-Carrera,Francisco, Camarena-Luhrs,Tomás, Gómez-Barrero,Arturo, Martos-Fernández,Francisco Javier, Ramírez-Macias,José Isaac, Salas-Monreal,David
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2019
Materias:	coral reef species tropical reef systems larvae dispersion Veracruz Reef System Gulf of Mexico
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-560X20190002002702019-06-04New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef systemLiaño-Carrera,FranciscoCamarena-Luhrs,TomásGómez-Barrero,ArturoMartos-Fernández,Francisco JavierRamírez-Macias,José IsaacSalas-Monreal,David coral reef species tropical reef systems larvae dispersion Veracruz Reef System Gulf of Mexico ABSTRACT A multibeam sonar combined with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) were used at the Veracruz Reef System (VRS), Gulf of Mexico, during the spawning period of August 2016 in order to elucidate plankton trajectories within the study area. The new high-resolution bathymetry provided the location of 50 coral reefs, 27 more reefs than known at the VRS. Most of those reefs are submerged reefs located at depths greater than 40 m. The total coral reef area of the VRS was calculated in 70.1557 km2. Only ~10% of the total area corresponds to submerged reefs. Forty-eight species were identified, seven more than known species at the VRS, 45 of the order of Escleractinia and 3 of the order of Anthoathecatae. Acropora prolifera, a hybrid, was also identified in most reefs. All species were observed in the emerged and submerged reefs. The distance at which the three local river discharges (Jamapa, La Antigua, and Actopan) brought sediments to the VRS was calculated. Those are inappropriate areas for coral settlement or development due to sediment transport and temperature and salinity fluctuation. Finally, light penetration was measured at 19 m depth near one reef structure during August 2016 suggesting that even during cloud coverage and rain periods there was a light bioavailability at the sampling point.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del MarLatin american journal of aquatic research v.47 n.2 20192019-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2019000200270en10.3856/vol47-issue2-fulltext-7
institution	Scielo Chile
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language	English
topic	coral reef species tropical reef systems larvae dispersion Veracruz Reef System Gulf of Mexico
spellingShingle	coral reef species tropical reef systems larvae dispersion Veracruz Reef System Gulf of Mexico Liaño-Carrera,Francisco Camarena-Luhrs,Tomás Gómez-Barrero,Arturo Martos-Fernández,Francisco Javier Ramírez-Macias,José Isaac Salas-Monreal,David New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system
description	ABSTRACT A multibeam sonar combined with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) were used at the Veracruz Reef System (VRS), Gulf of Mexico, during the spawning period of August 2016 in order to elucidate plankton trajectories within the study area. The new high-resolution bathymetry provided the location of 50 coral reefs, 27 more reefs than known at the VRS. Most of those reefs are submerged reefs located at depths greater than 40 m. The total coral reef area of the VRS was calculated in 70.1557 km2. Only ~10% of the total area corresponds to submerged reefs. Forty-eight species were identified, seven more than known species at the VRS, 45 of the order of Escleractinia and 3 of the order of Anthoathecatae. Acropora prolifera, a hybrid, was also identified in most reefs. All species were observed in the emerged and submerged reefs. The distance at which the three local river discharges (Jamapa, La Antigua, and Actopan) brought sediments to the VRS was calculated. Those are inappropriate areas for coral settlement or development due to sediment transport and temperature and salinity fluctuation. Finally, light penetration was measured at 19 m depth near one reef structure during August 2016 suggesting that even during cloud coverage and rain periods there was a light bioavailability at the sampling point.
author	Liaño-Carrera,Francisco Camarena-Luhrs,Tomás Gómez-Barrero,Arturo Martos-Fernández,Francisco Javier Ramírez-Macias,José Isaac Salas-Monreal,David
author_facet	Liaño-Carrera,Francisco Camarena-Luhrs,Tomás Gómez-Barrero,Arturo Martos-Fernández,Francisco Javier Ramírez-Macias,José Isaac Salas-Monreal,David
author_sort	Liaño-Carrera,Francisco
title	New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system
title_short	New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system
title_full	New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system
title_fullStr	New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system
title_full_unstemmed	New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system
title_sort	new coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
publishDate	2019
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New coral reef structures in a tropical coral reef system

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