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Spatial and temporal dynamics of the abundance of crustose calcareous algae on the southernmost coral reefs of the western Atlantic (Abrolhos Bank, Brazil)

  • Amado-Filho, Gilberto M. (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Diretoria de Pesquisa Cientifica) ;
  • Bahia, Ricardo G. (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Diretoria de Pesquisa Cientifica) ;
  • Mariath, Rodrigo (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Diretoria de Pesquisa Cientifica) ;
  • Jesionek, Michel B. (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Diretoria de Pesquisa Cientifica) ;
  • Moura, Rodrigo Leao (Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) ;
  • Bastos, Alex C. (Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo) ;
  • Pereira-Filho, Guilherme Henrique (Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Campus Baixada Santista) ;
  • Francini-Filho, Ronaldo Bastos (Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas e Educacao, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Campus IV-Litoral Norte)
  • Received : 2017.09.01
  • Accepted : 2018.02.25
  • Published : 2018.03.15
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Abstract

Crustose calcareous algae (CCA) constitute one of the main reef builders on the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil. Once CCA taxonomy is locally understood, differences in growth-forms may be useful for the delimitation of taxa using characteristics such as the presence or absence of surface protuberances. Here, growth-forms were used to identify and quantify the most common CCA taxa on the shallow reefs (3-10 m) of the Abrolhos Bank to determine possible changes in the CCA community over a period of 10 years, and the ecological significance of CCA to local reefs was interpreted. The CCA assemblages were surveyed from 2006-2015 by using fixed photoquadrats at four sites in the inner (10-20 km from the mainland) and mid-shelf reefs (40-75 km from the mainland). The five most common CCA taxa were Pneophyllum conicum, the Lithophyllum kaiserii / Lithophyllum sp. complex, Melyvonnea erubescens, the Hydrolithon boergesenii / Porolithon onkodes complex and Peyssonelia sp. The overall mean CCA cover on the reefs was 20%. A comparison with a previous monitoring study in the same region indicated that the CCA cover nearly doubled from 2003-2008 to 2006-2015. This study reveals that the coral-killing species P. conicum dominated CCA flora on the shallow Abrolhos reefs in the last decade, and the local specific abundance of CCA slightly fluctuated over time and was species- and site-specific. The information obtained in this study contributes to the understanding of the ecology of the key calcifying components of the Abrolhos reefs and provides a useful baseline for exploring the responses of CCA to future environmental changes.

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