Assessment of Coral Reef Disturbance Histories in the Line Islands Using Coral Damage and Morphological Dominance Patterning

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Abstract: Coral reefs are in decline worldwide under the pressure of a number of environmental and anthropogenic stressors. Human populations have impacted coral reef ecosystems through a variety of activities including fishing, pollution, and even tourism. These pressures can amplify environmental stressors such as global warming and storm activity that are faced by much of the world’s reefs. In this study, coral damage in the Line Islands was compared to the current coral morphological dominance patterns at each study site to suggest differences in the environmental and anthropogenic disturbance histories in study sites both within and between Christmas, and Fanning Islands, and Palmyra Atoll. Results indicate that the coral damage variables of coral rubble and broken coral colonies are good quantitative indicators of past disturbance histories that when combined with morphological dominance patterns can suggest valuable relationships between damage, recovery, and overall coral ecosystem health.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 9, 2005

Author	Hawthorne, Noah

Subject	Stanford@SEA
Subject	S-199
Subject	Hopkins Marine Station
Subject	Department of Biology
Subject	Department of Earth System Science
Subject	BIOHOPK 182H
Subject	BIOHOPK 323H
Subject	EARTHSYS 323
Subject	ESS 323
Subject	coral
Subject	reef
Subject	anthropogenic stressor
Subject	environmental stressor
Subject	human impact
Subject	fishing
Subject	pollution
Subject	tourism
Subject	climate change
Subject	Line Islands
Subject	morphological dominance
Subject	Christmas Island
Subject	Kiribati Island
Subject	Fanning Islands
Subject	Palmyra Atoll
Subject	Kiribati
Subject	Fanning
Subject	Palmyra
Subject	coral damage
Subject	recovery
Subject	ecosystem health
Genre	Student project report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dt026vw5129

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Preferred Citation: Hawthorne, Noah. 2005. Assessment of Coral Reef Disturbance Histories in the Line Islands Using Coral Damage and Morphological Dominance Patterning. Unpublished Student Work, S-199, Stanford@SEA, Stanford Digital Repository. https://purl.stanford.edu/dt026vw5129.

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