Hong Kong's subtropical scleractinian coral communities: Baseline, environmental drivers and management implications [Inkl. Corrigendum]
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Hong Kong's subtropical scleractinian coral communities : Baseline, environmental drivers and management implications [Inkl. Corrigendum]. / Yeung, Yip Hung; Xie, James Y; Kwok, Chun Kit; Kei, Keith; Ang Jr, Put; Chan, Leo Lai; Dellisanti, Walter; Cheang, Chi Chiu; Chow, Wing Kuen; Qiu, Jian-Wen.
I: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Bind 167, 112289, 2021.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Hong Kong's subtropical scleractinian coral communities
T2 - Baseline, environmental drivers and management implications [Inkl. Corrigendum]
AU - Yeung, Yip Hung
AU - Xie, James Y
AU - Kwok, Chun Kit
AU - Kei, Keith
AU - Ang Jr, Put
AU - Chan, Leo Lai
AU - Dellisanti, Walter
AU - Cheang, Chi Chiu
AU - Chow, Wing Kuen
AU - Qiu, Jian-Wen
N1 - Corrigendum: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115243 Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X2300677X?via%3Dihub
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We surveyed 41 sites to provide an updated baseline of Hong Kong coral communities. Five community types were identified, among them the most common one inhabited oceanic waters and dominated by both massive and upward-plating corals. The 41 sites had 2.1–79% coral cover; among them 21 in the eastern waters had >40% coral cover. Corals in several sites showed signs of external bioerosion or bleaching-induced damage. Sites in the southern waters had low coral cover. Both coral cover and generic richness correlated negatively with several water quality parameters including total inorganic nitrogen concentration and turbidity, indicating the development of Hong Kong's coral communities is constrained by water quality parameters. Management actions are proposed to reduce bioerosion, and to monitor sites affected by bleaching.
AB - We surveyed 41 sites to provide an updated baseline of Hong Kong coral communities. Five community types were identified, among them the most common one inhabited oceanic waters and dominated by both massive and upward-plating corals. The 41 sites had 2.1–79% coral cover; among them 21 in the eastern waters had >40% coral cover. Corals in several sites showed signs of external bioerosion or bleaching-induced damage. Sites in the southern waters had low coral cover. Both coral cover and generic richness correlated negatively with several water quality parameters including total inorganic nitrogen concentration and turbidity, indicating the development of Hong Kong's coral communities is constrained by water quality parameters. Management actions are proposed to reduce bioerosion, and to monitor sites affected by bleaching.
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112289
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112289
M3 - Journal article
VL - 167
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
SN - 0025-326X
M1 - 112289
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