Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-21-2014
Publication Title
PeerJ
Keywords
Coral reefs, Larval ecology, Larval behavior
ISSN
2167-8359
Volume
2
Issue/No.
e628v1
First Page
1
Last Page
7
Abstract
Dixson et al. (2014) report that coral larvae navigate towards chemical cues associated with healthy reefs and avoid cues from degraded reefs. However, the swimming capabilities of coral larvae and well-established patterns of recruitment and reef hydrodynamics indicate that coral larvae will not be able to use these cues to recruit to healthy reefs. Perfuming degraded reefs, as suggested by Dixson et al (2014), will not enhance recovery rather it will distract from the difficult task of reducing fishing effort and improving water quality.
Additional Comments
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NSUWorks Citation
Andrew H. Baird, Vivian R. Cumbo, Joana Figueiredo, Saki Harii, Tom Hata, and Joshua S. Madin. 2014. Comment on “Chemically Mediated Behavior of Recruiting Corals and Fishes: A Tipping Point That May Limit Reef Recovery” .PeerJ , (e628v1) : 1 -7. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/557.
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.628v1
Comments
©2014 Baird et al.