{"title":"Acropora community composition at Siladen Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia","authors":"Frangky Runtukahu, S. Pinca, P. Scaps","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.9.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.9.23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117259202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Algicidal bacteria in a high-latitude coral community and their effect on zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium spp.) isolated from the coral Acropora formosa","authors":"S. Keshavmurthy, K. Fukami, E. Nakao","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.9.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.9.13","url":null,"abstract":"In order to investigate the potential effect of algicidal (algae-killing) bacteria on zooxanthellae, some bacterial strains having algicidal properties were isolated from a coral community in the south of Kochi Prefecture (Japan) and their effect on freshly isolated zooxanthellae from Acropora formosa and zooxanthellae in culture (CCMP 2466-Symbiodinium goreaui (Trench et Blank)) was observed. Out of twenty bacterial strains isolated, three strains (strain 4-2DW-1, strain 4-1SW-1 and strain 1B) were found to have strong algicidal activity towards zooxanthellae with considerable cell degradation in up to five different grades (transparent/bleached cells, shrunken cells, swollen cells, necrosis and degradation). In case of freshly isolated zooxanthellae, the algicidal activity of strains 1B, 4-2DW-1 and 4-1SW1 affected 64-86%, 48-67% and 56-75.4% of cells respectively. However, in case of cultured zooxanthellae CCMP 2466-Symbiodinium goreaui (Trench et Blank), only 8-11% of zooxanthellae cells were affected. The results of this study indicate the presence of algicidal bacteria in coral communities, which can influence the health condition of zooxanthellae and suggests that algicidal bacteria might be playing a role in bleaching of corals susceptible to bacterial attack.","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"300 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123084767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"アザミサンゴの種内変異型の研究 : ポリプ色彩パターン、刺胞形態、共骨密度","authors":"Defny S. Wewengkang, 俊樹 渡邉, 道雄 日高","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.9.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.9.49","url":null,"abstract":"Many scleractinian corals exhibit intraspecific variation in color and colony morphology. Several color morphs of Galaxea fascicularis have been described in Okinawan populations. Colonies of G. fascicularis have also been divided into types based on the shape of tentacular microbasic p-mastigophore (MpM) nematocysts and the density of the coenosteum. To understand the relationships of color morphs and types based on various characters, we studied color pattern of polyps, shape of tentacular nematocysts, and density of the coenosteum of colonies of G. fascicularis collected at Sesoko Island, Zampa and Teniya, Okinawa. Colonies of G. fascicularis were divided into three morphotypes based on the shape of tentacular MpM nematocysts. In addition to two morphotypes S and H, which were previously reported to possess different types of MpMs, we found mixed-type colonies (morphotype M) whose tentacles possessed both types of nematocysts. Although the average size of skeletal vesicles of the coenosteum of morphotype S colonies was greater than that of morphotype H colonies, the size of skeletal vesicles varied largely among colonies belonging to the same morphotype and appeared to be affected by environmental factors. We could not find clear relationships between the color morphs and the morphotypes based on the shape of tentacular nematocysts in G. fascicularis.","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"39 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114022824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"サンゴ礁海域における海洋保護区 (MPA) の多様性と多面的機能","authors":"鹿熊 信一郎","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.8.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.8.91","url":null,"abstract":"フィジー、サモア、フィリピン、インドネシア、モーリシャス、および沖縄の5地区のサンゴ礁海域MPAを事例に、主に水産資源管理を目的としたMPAの多様性、それ以外の目的を有す多面的機能を整理するとともに、効果的なMPAの設定方法、適正なMPAの面積を決める方法を考察した。その結果、MPAが熱帯亜熱帯における強力な資源管理ツールであることを確認した。MPAの形態は多様で、完全禁漁か多目的利用か、政府主体か村落主体か、永久設定か期間限定か、対象魚種を限定するかどうかによって性格は大きく異なることがわかった。また、面積は様々であり、機能も生態系保全やエコツーリズムの場として利用することを主目的とするものもあった。生物多様性のためにはMPAは大きくあるべきだが、漁業者には大きいMPAは操業区域の縮小を意味する。また、エコツーリズムによる利用も、漁撈文化・食文化と対立する可能性がある。このバランスをとるには、MPA内の生物がMPA外へ拡散するスピルオーバー効果を定量的に調査すると同時に、地域住民の参加を得てMPAの位置・面積などを決定し、順応的にMPAを改善していくべきだろう。","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"212 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114318322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new genus of paralcyoniid soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Paralcyoniidae) from the Indo-West Pacific","authors":"L. Ofwegen, Y. Benayahu","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.8.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.8.25","url":null,"abstract":"A new genus of paralcyoniid soft corals (Octocorallia: Paralcyoniidae) from the Indo-West Pacific is described and named Ceeceenus. The new genus is compared with the related genera Paralcyonium Milne Edwards, 1850 and Studeriotes Thomson & Simpson, 1909. Four new species are described and included in the new genus. They were found in Thailand, Japan, Palau, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134153041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Air-sea CO2 flux and gas exchange coefficient at the Sesoko coral reefs, Okinawa, Japan","authors":"Y. Kitada, H. Fujimura, R. Tokeshi, T. Oomori","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.8.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.8.51","url":null,"abstract":"The partial pressure of CO2 in seawater and air-sea CO2 flux were measured at the Sesoko coral reefs in Okinawa, Japan, and the effect of various perturbations on the gas exchange coefficient is discussed. The CO2 flux varied from -1.0 to 1.3mmol m-2h-1, which corresponded with the variation in partial pressure of CO2 in seawater. Atmospheric CO2 was absorbed by seawater during the day and released at night. This was mainly because of community photosynthesis and respiration. The gas exchange coefficient obtained from the chamber method was relatively larger than the wind dependent gas exchange coefficient. In the present study, the gas exchange coefficient was 5 and 30 times higher than that reported by Wanninkhof (1992) and Liss and Merlivat (1986), respectively when the wind velocity was set to 2.8m s-1. Our result (13.8±2.7cm h-1) was close to that reported by Komori and Shimada (1995), which took into account both the effects of turbulence and wind velocity on the gas exchange coefficient, indicating that not only wind, but also the effects of turbulence and other factors are important in the coefficient estimation at the Sesoko coral reefs.","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127780142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal inhibition and recovery of the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II and the maximum electron transport rate in zooxanthellae of a reef-building coral","authors":"R. Bhagooli, M. Hidaka","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.8.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.8.1","url":null,"abstract":"To examine whether damage to zooxanthellar photosystem II (PSII) is the primary step of thermally induced coral bleaching, we first assessed the relationship between the maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) or active PSII centers (Fv/Fo) and maximum electron transport rate (ETRmax), which represent the PSII activity and electron flow beyond the PSII, respectively, in the symbiotic algae of the coral Pachyseris rugosa. Next, the photo-physiological responses of the symbionts to stress treatments of 1h high temperature (33.5°C) and/or high light (1030μmol quanta m-2 s-1) stress and 6h recovery were investigated. The 1h high temperature treatment in darkness produced a significant, but reversible (6h recovery) decline in ETRmax without any change in Fv/Fm. The 1h high light treatment reduced Fv/Fm, but not ETRmax. High temperature in combination with high light resulted in a more pronounced reduction in Fv/Fm, along with a significant decline in ETRmax. Neither Fv/Fm nor ETRmax recovered fully within 6h. Reversible increases in non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), energy dissipation in PSII, were also recorded. Chloramphenicol (CAP), an inhibitor of synthesis of D1 protein of PSII reaction center, revealed that a minimum of -60% of the Fv/Fm or -30% of active PSII centers (Fv/Fo) is required to maintain ETRmax in the in hospite symbionts. These results suggest that the primary step of heat-induced damage in the symbiont's photosynthetic apparatus involves a component beyond the PSII, probably at the level of the dark reaction as indicated by reduced ETRmax and the PSII damage is secondary.","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"15 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113976227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohamed M. Kombo, Said Suleiman Bakari, R. Shinjo, A. Tokuyama
{"title":"Chemical impact of the acidic red soil on seawater","authors":"Mohamed M. Kombo, Said Suleiman Bakari, R. Shinjo, A. Tokuyama","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.8.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.8.13","url":null,"abstract":"Red soil contamination into marine ecosystems such as coral reefs and estuaries is a prevalent environmental problem in the Okinawa Islands. This study was conducted to examine the chemical impact of Okinawan red soil on seawater. The different soil weights were mixed and shaken with 100 mL of seawater for four hours to obtain the extracts. The pH, concentrations of Na+, K+, Ca+, Mg2+, Al3+ and dissolved silica were then determined. The soil is acidic with a pH value of 5.03, dominated by SiO2 and Al2O3. The pH of the Zampa cape seawater was 8.23 and decreased with soil weight to the lowest value of 4.06. The Al concentration in the seawater was 0.0256 megL-1 and increased with soil to solution ratio to the maximum value of 5.95 megL-1. The base metal concentrations decreased from the seawater by 23.5%, 8.04%, and 3.59% in extracts for K+, Ca2+and Mg2+, respectively, while Na+ was relatively stable to change. The dissolved SiO2 increased from 0.430 mgL-1 in the seawater to the maximum value of 20.0 mgL-1 in ground soil. The Summation of decreasing K+, Ca2+and Mg2+ concentrations and increasing Al3+ and W in the extracts showed a high correlation coefficient (P<0.001), which largely suggests an exchange process. The significant correlations between logarithmic concentrations of Al3+ and silica vs. pH (P<0.001) also suggest the importance of W to release soluble Al as well as hydrogen-promoted weathering of silicates. Physical features such as sedimentation and turbidity do affect coral reefs, but possibly chemical effects such as the elevated Al concentration observed in coastal seawaters may also interfere with the coral's well being at significant red soil-affected areas in the Okinawa Islands.","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115338741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High cadmium concentration in the estuarine sediment of the Miyara River (Ishigaki Island)","authors":"K. Abe","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.8.71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.8.71","url":null,"abstract":"Anthropogenic pollutants, such as pesticides, heavy metals, and petroleum hydrocarbons discharged into marine coastal regions, are currently receiving considerable attention because of their potential to damage coral reefs and their cumulative damage to the ecosystem (Ramos and Ohde 2004 Fabricius 2005). Cadmium (Cd) is a nonessential trace heavy metal, and its polluting effects and toxicity for organisms on a global scale are serious problems (e.g., Satarug et al. 2003). Anthropogenic activities, such as agriculture, are a possible source of the Cd that enters the coastal marine ecosystem (de Boo 1990 Bennet-Chambers et al. 1999). Cadmium from phosphate fertilizer used in agricultural fields is transferred by river discharge and ground water, leading to considerable accumulation of the element in the estuarine sediment and marine organisms (Gifford et al. 2005). This short paper reports a preliminary study of the Cd concentration in sediments and benthic animals collected from three river estuaries of Ishigaki Island. The study suggests the outflow of Cd with an agricultural origin into the coastal areas of the island. STUDY SITES","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134394330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Nakamura, H. Terashima, Samyan Chettanand, Naoshi Sato, H. Ida
{"title":"Preliminary survey and diet analysis of seagrass bed fishes at Mauritius, western Indian Ocean","authors":"Y. Nakamura, H. Terashima, Samyan Chettanand, Naoshi Sato, H. Ida","doi":"10.3755/JCRS.8.61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3755/JCRS.8.61","url":null,"abstract":"Fish faunas and diets were examined in Halodule uninervis- and Syringodium isoetifolium-dominated seagrass beds at Mauritius, western Indian Ocean, in March 2002. A total of 37 fish species (representing 16 families) were collected, 26 (14 families) of them occurring in the H. uninervis-bed and 26 (13 families) in the S. isoetifolium-bed, with 15 (10 families) common to both beds. Fishes were mainly juveniles, dominant families with regard to both species and individual numbers being Apogonidae, Mullidae, Labridae, Scaridae and Gobiidae. Zoobenthivores comprised the most dominant feeding type in both seagrass beds, harpacticoid copepods and gammaridean amphipods being the most important food resources for those fishes.","PeriodicalId":432348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Japanese Coral Reef Society","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116331711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}