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| Schleyer, M.H.; Celliers, L.. |
| Southern African coral communities form a continuum from the more typical, accretive reefs in the tropics of Mozambique to the marginal, southernmost African distribution of this fauna in KwaZulu- Natal. While the latter are limited in size, they are gaining increasing attention as they provide a model for the study of many of the stresses to which these valuable systems are globally being subjected. Soft coral cover, comprising relatively few species, exceeds that of scleractinians over much of the southern reefs, and the coral communities attain a high biodiversity at this latitude on the East African coast. A long-term monitoring programme has revealed small yet significant changes in community structure on the reefs in recent years, concurrent with... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Coral reefs; South Africa; 42.79. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/220567 |
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| Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M.H.. |
| A list of 46 species of Alcyonacea is presented for the coral reefs of the Segundas Archipelago and northwards in Mozambique, as well as a zoogeographical record for the Bazaruto Archipelago in southern Mozambique. Among the 12 genera listed, Rhytisma, Lemnalia and Briareum were recorded on Mozambican reefs for the first time and the study yielded 27 new zoogeographical records. The survey brings the number of soft coral species listed for Mozambique to a total of 53. A latitudinal pattern in soft coral diversity along the south equatorial East African coast is presented, with 46 species recorded in Tanzania, 46 along the northern coast of Mozambique, dropping to 29 in the Bazaruto Archipelago in southern Mozambique and rising again to 38 along the... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Mozambique; East African reefs; Octocorallia; Alcyonacea; 42.79. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/220293 |
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