Change in coral reef benthic communities in the Lembeh Strait and Likupang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

HADI Tri Aryono; SIHOUKA Jimmy; SHI Xiaofeng; BUDIYANTO Agus; SUHARSONO null

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HADI Tri Aryono, SIHOUKA Jimmy, SHI Xiaofeng, BUDIYANTO Agus, SUHARSONO null. Change in coral reef benthic communities in the Lembeh Strait and Likupang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(12): 45-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1287-0

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HADI Tri Aryono, SIHOUKA Jimmy, SHI Xiaofeng, BUDIYANTO Agus, SUHARSONO null. Change in coral reef benthic communities in the Lembeh Strait and Likupang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(12): 45-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1287-0

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HADI Tri Aryono, SIHOUKA Jimmy, SHI Xiaofeng, BUDIYANTO Agus, SUHARSONO null. Change in coral reef benthic communities in the Lembeh Strait and Likupang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(12): 45-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1287-0

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Change in coral reef benthic communities in the Lembeh Strait and Likupang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1287-0

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Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta 14430, Indonesia
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Conservation Unit for Bitung Marine Life, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bitung 95527, Indonesia
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Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China

Received Date: 2017-06-15

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Anthropogenic impacts and natural disturbances have been intense recently in the global scale, affecting the composition of coral reef benthic communities from coral to algal dominated reefs. However, this condition does not always occur considering corals are able to recover when the stressors falter. This study aims to investigate the change in coral reef benthic communities and the relationship among benthic categories. The study was carried out in 2014 and 2016 at five sites, three sites in the Lembeh Strait and two sites in Likupang, North Sulawesi Province. Underwater Photo Transect (UPT) was used at depth of around 4-6 m in slope areas. The result indicated that the benthic communities were slightly changing: the percent covers of hard corals, sponges, soft corals, macroalgae and substrate categories were not significantly different between the years but category of others, particularly seasonally growing hydroid, increased significantly, occupying the available substrates and overtopping other benthos surrounding. The study also found that there was a significant relationship between the change in benthic gradient and the number of hard coral colonies: when the composition becomes less complex, the number of colony declines. In contrast, the hard coral diversity remained unchanged, suggesting the coral reefs apparently have an ecological resilience (sustainable species diversity) against the change although ecological complexity declines. In addition, the hard coral cover was significantly correlated with soft coral and sponge covers, which did not change significantly among the years. In general, the coral reefs in North Sulawesi might experience a temporary blip due to the increasing percent cover of others, and be predicted to recover as there was no indication of soft corals and sponges to increase significantly. However, it is necessary to investigate the dynamic of benthic communities in different depth gradients to gain a comprehensive understanding as the communities respond differently to the light intensity.
- coral reef,
- benthic community,
- percent cover,
- Lembeh Strait,
- Likupang

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