Scleractinian coral communities of Hormuz Island in the PersianGulf

作     者：Yamin Pouryousef Jafar Seyfabadi Hamid Rezai Alireza Mahvari Mohammad Ali Jafari Yamin Pouryousef;Jafar Seyfabadi;Hamid Rezai;Alireza Mahvari;Mohammad Ali Jafari

作者机构：Department of Marine BiologyFaculty of Marine SciencesTarbiat Modares UniversityNoor 46417Iran Darya Negar Pars Consulting EngineersTehran 14669Iran Department of Environment Hormozgan Provincial DirectorateBandar Abbas 79168Iran 

出 版 物：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》 (海洋学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第41卷第12期

页      面：48-57页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071004[理学-水生生物学] 

基　　金：Tarbiat Modares University  TMU 

主　　题：scleractinian corals zoantharian reef health indices Hormuz Island Persian Gulf 

摘      要：The abundance and health of scleractinian coral communities of Hormuz Island were *** this purpose,we employed 20 m line intercept transects—12 in the intertidal zone and 15 subtidally to evaluate coral cover and community *** estimated dead coral coverage was 6.21%±0.81%,while live coral coverage was 16.93%±1.81%,considered as very ***,12 genera were recorded,of which Porites with 11.9%±1.4%live cover was the dominant,while Goniopora had the least cover(0.07%±0.08%).Based on Mann-Whitney U-test,live coral coverage,dead coral coverage,algal coverage,cover of other benthic organisms and abiotic components showed significant univariate differences between zones(p0.05).The Spearman correlation test between the abundance of biotic and abiotic components indicated significant negative correlation of live coral and sand with zoantharian and significant positive correlation of algae and other benthic organisms with *** reef health indices used for the corals indicated that,in general,the environmental conditions were not suitable,which could be attributed to both natural and anthropogenic factors,the most important of which was zoantharian’overgrowth on the scleractinian corals in this region.