Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis
Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) in the Republic of Kiribati is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world (408,250 km[superscript 2]). These reefs are extremely remote (Fig. 1a) and, therefore, escape many anthropogenic impacts. While snorkelling in the shallow lagoon at Kanton Isl...
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| author | Cavin, J. Payet, S. Coker, D. J. Berumen, M. L. Braun, Camrin Donald |
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| description | Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) in the Republic of Kiribati is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world (408,250 km[superscript 2]). These reefs are extremely remote (Fig. 1a) and, therefore, escape many anthropogenic impacts. While snorkelling in the shallow lagoon at Kanton Island (2°47′25″S 171°42′48″W) in September 2015, we came upon unusually high cover (∼100 %) of tabular Acropora (A. hyacinthus and/or A. cytherea) (Fig. 1b) and strikingly high numbers of Chaetodon trifascialis. Up to 25 individuals were observed coexisting within a relatively small area of ∼4 m[superscript 2] (Fig. 1c). Moreover, there were additional individuals present under the coral colonies out of view. Based on size, all individuals within the group were adults or sub-adult and clearly displayed overlapping ranges with minimal conspecific aggression. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1146262022-10-01T13:40:25Z Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis Cavin, J. Payet, S. Coker, D. J. Berumen, M. L. Braun, Camrin Donald Joint Program in Oceanography Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Braun, Camrin Donald Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) in the Republic of Kiribati is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world (408,250 km[superscript 2]). These reefs are extremely remote (Fig. 1a) and, therefore, escape many anthropogenic impacts. While snorkelling in the shallow lagoon at Kanton Island (2°47′25″S 171°42′48″W) in September 2015, we came upon unusually high cover (∼100 %) of tabular Acropora (A. hyacinthus and/or A. cytherea) (Fig. 1b) and strikingly high numbers of Chaetodon trifascialis. Up to 25 individuals were observed coexisting within a relatively small area of ∼4 m[superscript 2] (Fig. 1c). Moreover, there were additional individuals present under the coral colonies out of view. Based on size, all individuals within the group were adults or sub-adult and clearly displayed overlapping ranges with minimal conspecific aggression. New England Aquarium (Boston, Mass.) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 2018-04-09T16:56:18Z 2018-04-09T16:56:18Z 2016-06 2018-03-23T05:43:11Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1867-1616 1867-1624 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114626 Coker, D. J., et al. “Remote Marine Protected Area Reveals Unusual Social Behaviour in Chaetodon Trifascialis.” Marine Biodiversity, vol. 48, no. 1, Mar. 2018, pp. 155–56. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9317-9489 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0531-0 Marine Biodiversity Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg application/pdf Springer Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| spellingShingle | Cavin, J. Payet, S. Coker, D. J. Berumen, M. L. Braun, Camrin Donald Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis |
| title | Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis |
| title_full | Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis |
| title_fullStr | Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis |
| title_short | Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis |
| title_sort | remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in chaetodon trifascialis |
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