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| Arias, J.; Zea, S.; Newmark, F.; Santos-Acevedo, M.. |
| As a contribution to the biological knowledge about the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina and the use of this information as a tool to generate conservation and management strategies for this threatened species, a study about its annual growth rate, in different reef areas in Santa Marta and the National Natural Park Tayrona in the Colombian Caribbean took place. Manual measurements of 35 colonies were analyzed and images of 11 colonies were recorded in the beginning and in the end of the field stage. The annual growth rate varies among colonies and areas where measurements were taken. The average annual growth rate obtained with both of the methods was high and oscillated between 7.6 and 8.1 cm/year in height and between 6.9 and 8.3 cm/year wide. The total area... |
| Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Antifouling substances; Environmental impact; Fans; Environmental impact; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24420. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1975 |
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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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