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MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
卷 66, 期 1-2, 页码 209-220出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.017
关键词
Porifera; Sponge; Environmental associations; Disturbance; Atoll; Lagoon; Coral reef; Non-indigenous species; Pacific Ocean; Palmyra Atoll
资金
- Air New Zealand
- Centre for Marine Environmental and Economic Research (CMEER)
- Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology (CBRE)
- Victoria University of Wellington
The lagoon at Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific was subject to major military modifications during WWII and now the dominant fauna on the lagoon's hard substrate are sponges, not corals. In this study, we quantified the physical and biological factors explaining the variation in sponge distribution patterns across 11 sites to determine the potential for the sponges in the lagoon at Palmyra to invade the surrounding reef systems. Significant differences in sponge assemblages were found among all but three sites. For all the models we examined the strongest environmental relationships were found for variables related to sedimentation/turbidity and food/habitat availability. Our findings suggest that the sponges in Palmyra's lagoon are likely to be restricted to this habitat type where they are associated with conditions resulting from the earlier heavy disturbance and are unlikely to spread to the outer reef environments unless there is a dramatic decline in environmental quality. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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