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Ecology
Sally J. Holbrook, Jean Wencelius, Alexandra K. Dubel, Thomas C. Adam, Dana C. Cook, Chelsea E. Hunter, Matthew Lauer, Sarah E. Lester, Scott D. Miller, Andrew Rassweiler, Russell J. Schmitt
Summary: Both natural and anthropogenic stressors contribute to the changes in coral reef ecosystems, creating spatial variation in vulnerability. The study highlights the importance of spatially explicit management measures such as controlling nutrient inputs and reducing fishing pressure on herbivores.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Eleanor J. Vaughan, Peter M. Wynn, Shaun K. Wilson, Gareth J. Williams, Philip A. Barker, Nicholas A. J. Graham
Summary: The study assessed the precision, availability, and congruency of eight potential bioindicators across 21 reefs in the Inner Seychelles, finding that green and brown macroalgae showed high precision in δN-15 and were less common on coral-mortality reefs; zoanthids were also precise and readily available regardless of reef state. Low congruency among indicators suggests that different physiological mechanisms have a stronger influence on a bioindicator's effectiveness.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tangcheng Li, Jiahong Huang, Hong Du, Xiaojuan Liu, Chongming Zhong, Senjie Lin
Summary: This study extensively reviewed the literature on coral and Symbiodiniaceae research, providing an overview of the current research landscape and identifying areas that require more research effort. The findings revealed that climate change is the most studied area, while nutrient is the least studied area. Furthermore, the combination of nutrient enrichment and elevated temperature is an emerging research field.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Abigail Engleman, Kieran Cox, Sandra Brooke
Summary: The study highlights the contribution of dead coral to reef complexity and the potential implications for coral reef conservation. Dead coral maintains more varied profile curvatures and higher fractal dimensions compared to live or non-coral substrate, providing alternative insights into the mechanisms driving structural complexity on reefs.
Article
Ecology
Thomas C. Adam, Deron E. Burkepile, Sally J. Holbrook, Robert C. Carpenter, Joachim Claudet, Charles Loiseau, Lauric Thiault, Andrew J. Brooks, Libe Washburn, Russell J. Schmitt
Summary: The study in the lagoons surrounding the Pacific island of Moorea, French Polynesia, found that nutrient enrichment was linked to factors such as rainfall, wave-driven circulation, and distance from anthropogenic nutrient sources, particularly human sewage. Reefs near watersheds with high inputs of nitrogen from sewage and agriculture showed decreased coral cover and increased macroalgae, while reefs with lower nutrient inputs maintained high coral cover and low macroalgae cover. These findings suggest that nutrient loading plays an important role in driving coral-to-macroalgae phase shifts in Moorea's lagoons, despite the presence of abundant and diverse herbivore populations.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Florybeth Flores La Valle, Julian M. Jacobs, Florence I. Thomas, Craig E. Nelson
Summary: Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in volcanic islands can provide freshwater and nutrients to coral reefs. The effects of SGD on primary productivity in coastal systems are unclear. This study found significant relationships between C-uptake and SGD, suggesting a tradeoff between salinity tolerance and nutrient availability for reef primary producers. Modeling showed that algal C-uptake decreased without nutrient-rich and low salinity SGD.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Florian Roth, Yusuf C. El-Khaled, Denis B. Karcher, Nils Raedecker, Susana Carvalho, Carlos M. Duarte, Luis Silva, Maria Ll. Calleja, Xose Anxelu G. Moran, Burton H. Jones, Christian R. Voolstra, Christian Wild
Summary: The study found that nutrient enrichment in degraded algae-dominated reef patches in the central Red Sea led to increased gross productivity and a shift from net calcification to dissolution, while neighboring coral communities were unaffected by the nutrients. Both community types changed from net dissolved organic nitrogen sinks to sources, but the increase in net release was significantly higher in algae-dominated communities.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Danielle M. Becker, Hollie M. Putnam, Deron E. Burkepile, Thomas C. Adam, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Nyssa J. Silbiger
Summary: The study showed that in an oligotrophic fore reef environment, nutrient enrichment can cause changes in coral endosymbiont physiology that increase the performance of the coral holobiont.
Proceedings Paper
Environmental Sciences
M. Rozi Nasrul, Pramaditya Wicaksono, Sanjiwana Arjasakusuma
Summary: The study assessed the mapping accuracy of live and dead coral covers using PlanetScope satellite images around Mandangin Island, Madura, Indonesia. The classification results showed five classes of benthic habitat in 2021, with a 72.5% accuracy for live and dead coral cover models. The mean live coral and dead coral covers were 18.87% and 36.40%, respectively.
SEVENTH GEOINFORMATION SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM 2021
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Laurie Battle, Hao-Yen Chang, Chyng-Shyan Tzeng, Hsing-Juh Lin
Article
Oceanography
Zhe-Yu Lin, Hsuan-Wien Chen, Hsing-Juh Lin
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
(2020)
Article
Forestry
Chiao-Wen Lin, Yu-Chen Kao, Meng-Chun Chou, Hsin-Hsun Wu, Chuan-Wen Ho, Hsing-Juh Lin
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sai Wang, Bang-Ke Luo, Ying-Jun Qin, Lin-Hui Su, Simon D. Stewart, Tuan-Tuan Wang, Jin-Peng Tang, Bai-Dong He, Jin-Hua Zhang, Hsing-Juh Lin, Yang Yang
RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hsin-Yu Yu, Shou-Chung Huang, Hsing-Juh Lin
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Gordon N. Ajonina, A. Aldrie Amir, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Irfan Aziz, Thorsten Balke, Edward B. Barbier, Stefano Cannicci, Simon M. Cragg, Marilia Cunha-Lignon, David J. Curnick, Carlos M. Duarte, Norman C. Duke, Charlie Endsor, Sara Fratini, Ilka C. Feller, Francois Fromard, Jean Hug, Mark Huxham, James G. Kairo, Tadashi Kajita, Kandasamy Kathiresan, Nico Koedam, Shing Yip Lee, Hsing-Juh Lin, Jock R. Mackenzie, Mwita M. Mangora, Cyril Marchand, Tarik Meziane, Todd E. Minchinton, Nathalie Pettorelli, Jaime Polania, Gianluca Polgar, Meenakshi Poti, Jurgenne Primavera, Alfredo Quarto, Stefanie M. Rog, Behara Satyanarayana, Yara Schaeffer-Novelli, Mark Spalding, Tom Van der Stocken, Dominic Wodehouse, Jean W. H. Yong, Martin Zimmer, Daniel A. Friess
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hualong Hong, Shengjie Wu, Qiang Wang, Lu Qian, Haoliang Lu, Jingchun Liu, Hsing-Juh Lin, Jie Zhang, Wei-Bin Xu, Chongling Yan
Summary: The study demonstrates the ecological risks posed by trace metal pollution on urban mangrove patches, highlighting the impact of human activities on mangroves, particularly the risks associated with fragmentation.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Chiao-Wen Lin, Yu-Chen Kao, Wei-Jen Lin, Chuan-Wen Ho, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: Mangroves are important in carbon sequestration but can also be sources of greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane. This study in Taiwan found that mangrove soils were significant sources of methane emissions, with Avicennia marina mangroves emitting much more than Kandelia obovata mangroves. Soil salinity and pH were key factors affecting methane emissions in K. obovata mangroves, while pneumatophore density was a major factor in A. marina mangroves. The root structure was found to affect greenhouse gas emissions from mangroves.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ming-Chih Chiu, Shih-Hsun Chang, Yu-Ting Yen, Lin-Yan Liao, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: Climate extremes can have significant impacts on population dynamics, especially for endangered species like salmon in monsoonal Taiwan. Modeling showed that extreme climate events can lead to extensive mortality and changes in age structure, affecting population persistence.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yi-Chang Liao, An-Cheng Lin, Han-Ni Tsai, Yu-Ting Yen, Chyng-Shyan Tzeng, Man-Miao Yang, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: Riparian communities play a significant role in the energy flow of stream ecosystems, with arthropods acting as the main carrier between aquatic and riparian habitats. When the riparian community is included in the model, the trophic model becomes more mature, especially in the tributary where ecotrophic efficiency values of aquatic insect groups increase significantly.
Article
Forestry
Sin-He Pan, Chuan-Wen Ho, Chiao-Wen Lin, Shou-Chung Huang, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: The study found that mangroves are critical habitats for macrobenthos, but the effects of mangrove vegetation on macrobenthic abundance and composition are inconsistent. The community composition of macrobenthos varied seasonally and between habitats, with differences in food supply, temperature, and shelter playing a role. Crab density was lower in mangroves compared to mudflats, suggesting a complex relationship between mangrove tree density and macrobenthic abundance.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chen-Lu Lee, Wei-Jen Lin, Pi-Jen Liu, Kwang-Tsao Shao, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: The tropical seagrass beds around Dongsha Island in the South China Sea are developing but well-structured ecosystems, where energy flow mainly relies on detritus as a food source, passing through detritus-feeding invertebrates to top predators, forming a food web.
Article
Engineering, Marine
Pi-Jen Liu, Hong-Fong Chang, Anderson B. Mayfield, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: This study investigated the effects of temperature and carbon dioxide concentration on a tropical seagrass species in the Western Pacific. The results showed that high temperature increased photosynthetic efficiency and productivity of seagrass, but decreased shoot density increase rate and leaf carbon content. Additionally, high levels of carbon dioxide offset the negative effects of high temperature on seagrass.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kuan-Yu Chen, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: Seagrass beds are important blue carbon ecosystems that can be influenced by climate change-related factors. This study found that different climate factors may affect the dynamics and carbon sequestration capacity of seagrass beds, and the dominance of different seagrass species can also vary with seasons and elevation levels.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Wei-Jen Lin, Chiao-Wen Lin, Hsin-Hsun Wu, Yu-Chen Kao, Hsing-Juh Lin
Summary: Soil carbon burial is crucial for mangroves to function as carbon sinks, however, the contribution of allochthonous or autochthonous inputs to the soil carbon pool remains uncertain. This study constructed carbon budgets to estimate mangrove-derived carbon burial rates for two species (K. obovata and A. marina) with different root structures. The results showed positive correlations between carbon burial rates and litterfall production, indicating that 14.8% and 10.9% of litterfall production rate can be used to estimate carbon burial rates for K. obovata and A. marina, respectively. Factors such as wind speed and precipitation were found to affect carbon burial in both species.
