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| Chaves-Fonnegra, A.; López-Victoria, M.; Parra-Velandia, F.; Zea, S.. |
| The Caribbean encrusting and excavating sponges Cliona aprica, C. caribbaea, C. delitrix and C. tenuis (Porifera, Hadromerida, Clionaidae), aggresively undermine and displace live coral tissue. At San Andrés island and Islas del Rosario (Colombian Caribbean), in all 145 observed cases of direct contact of the sponges C. aprica, C. caribbaea and C. tenuis with 17 coral species, corals showed unhealthy signs in their tissue. It was also noticed that the surface of these sponges is colonized by few organisms and that they are rarely preyed upon. To establish the possible use of chemical substances by these sponges in competition for space with corals (allelopathy), as inhibitors of larval settlement (antifouling), and as feeding deterrents against generalist... |
| Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Sponges; Coral; Ecology; Competitive behaviour; Associated species; Antifouling substances; Ecology; Sponges; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2467; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7321. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1990 |
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| Chaves-Fonnegra, A.; Zea, S.; Gómez, M.L.. |
| It is known that the encrusting and excavating Caribbean sponge Cliona delitrix may increase its abundance near sources of sewage. To ascertain whether its current conspicuousness in leeward reefs of San Andrés Island (SW Caribbean, Colombia) is related to organic pollution from local raw sewage discharges, quantitative data on density and cover of this sponge and other benthic components was obtained from belt and line transects at seven stations along the shallow (5-10 m deep) terrace. Coral mucus was sampled to quantify Escherichia coli bacteria, as an approximate indicator of sewage plume influence on benthic biota. A negative multiplicative regression between amount of E. coli in coral mucus and distance from the main raw sewage outlet demonstrated... |
| Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Sewage; Coral; Sewage; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7007. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/3517 |
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