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| Urbina-barreto, Isabel; Chiroleu, Frédéric; Pinel, Romain; Fréchon, Louis; Mahamadaly, Vincent; Elise, Simon; Kulbicki, Michel; Quod, Jean-pascal; Dutrieux, Eric; Garnier, Rémi; Henrich Bruggemann, J.; Penin, Lucie; Adjeroud, Mehdi. |
| Structural complexity plays a key role in the functioning of coral reef ecosystems. Reef-building corals are major contributors to this complexity, providing shelter and food for numerous invertebrates and fish species. Both structural complexity and shelter capacity of reefscapes are determined by several components such as spurs and grooves, slope, caves and holes, vegetation and coral colonies. Quantifying the shelter capacity from coral colonies to reefscapes is a fundamental step to estimating ecosystem potential to support biodiversity. Here, we applied underwater photogrammetry to quantify shelter volumes provided by individual coral colonies. Overall, 120 3D models of coral colonies from branching, massive, columnar and tabular growth forms were... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Coral reefs; Reef-building corals; Photogrammetry; 3D models; Predictive models; Shelter capacity; Structural complexity; Coral growth forms. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77065/78372.pdf |
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