First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs?
The cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota has been reported throughout the Indo-Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The species encrusts live coral, giant clams, and other benthos and can be a threat to benthic communities on coral reefs. The Kimberley region of Western Australia ha...
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| author | Fromont, J. Richards, Zoe Wilson, N.G. |
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| description | The cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota has been reported throughout the Indo-Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The species encrusts live coral, giant clams, and other benthos and can be a threat to benthic communities on coral reefs. The Kimberley region of Western Australia has some of the least impacted reefs globally. We report for the first time the presence of T. hoshinota in the eastern Indian Ocean on Kimberley inshore coral reefs. Given its invasive potential, reef health surveys should include this species, and monitoring approaches developed to audit the remote Kimberley for this and other invasive species. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-906962023-03-31T06:20:02Z First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? Fromont, J. Richards, Zoe Wilson, N.G. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Sciences & Ecology barcoding giant clam hard coral invasive species Porifera Scleractinia ENCRUSTING SPONGE GREEN ISLAND CYANOBACTERIOSPONGE DEMOSPONGIAE COMMUNITIES ABUNDANCE OUTBREAK SYSTEM The cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota has been reported throughout the Indo-Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The species encrusts live coral, giant clams, and other benthos and can be a threat to benthic communities on coral reefs. The Kimberley region of Western Australia has some of the least impacted reefs globally. We report for the first time the presence of T. hoshinota in the eastern Indian Ocean on Kimberley inshore coral reefs. Given its invasive potential, reef health surveys should include this species, and monitoring approaches developed to audit the remote Kimberley for this and other invasive species. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90696 10.3390/d11100184 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP160101508 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Sciences & Ecology barcoding giant clam hard coral invasive species Porifera Scleractinia ENCRUSTING SPONGE GREEN ISLAND CYANOBACTERIOSPONGE DEMOSPONGIAE COMMUNITIES ABUNDANCE OUTBREAK SYSTEM Fromont, J. Richards, Zoe Wilson, N.G. First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? |
| title | First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? |
| title_full | First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? |
| title_fullStr | First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? |
| title_full_unstemmed | First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? |
| title_short | First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? |
| title_sort | first report of the coral-killing sponge terpios hoshinota rützler and muzik, 1993 in western australia: a new threat to kimberley coral reefs? |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Sciences & Ecology barcoding giant clam hard coral invasive species Porifera Scleractinia ENCRUSTING SPONGE GREEN ISLAND CYANOBACTERIOSPONGE DEMOSPONGIAE COMMUNITIES ABUNDANCE OUTBREAK SYSTEM |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP160101508 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90696 |