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James Cook University
Education•Townsville, Queensland, Australia•
About: James Cook University is a education organization based out in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Coral reef. The organization has 9101 authors who have published 27750 publications receiving 1032608 citations. The organization is also known as: JCU.
Topics: Population, Coral reef, Reef, Coral, Coral reef fish
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Dalhousie University1, Scripps Institution of Oceanography2, Autonomous University of Baja California3, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration4, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research5, Charles Darwin Foundation6, United Nations University7, James Cook University8, University of Queensland9, University of Technology, Sydney10, Tel Aviv University11, University of California, Santa Barbara12, Institut de recherche pour le développement13, University of Costa Rica14, Simón Bolívar University15, University of Guadalajara16, University of Hawaii17, University of Tasmania18, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology19, University of Sheffield20, Blue Ventures21, The Nature Conservancy22, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute23, University of La Réunion24, McGill University25, Wildlife Conservation Society26, Kōchi University27, Newcastle University28, United Nations Environment Programme29, Microsoft30, WorldFish31, Department of Environment and Conservation32, University of Valle33
TL;DR: A global survey of reef fishes shows that the consequences of biodiversity loss are greater than previously anticipated as ecosystem functioning remained unsaturated with the addition of new species.
Abstract: Difficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, we show that in contrast to previous theoretical and experimental studies, ecosystem functioning (as measured by standing biomass) scales in a nonsaturating manner with biodiversity (as measured by species and functional richness) in this ecosystem. Our field study also shows a significant and negative interaction between human population density and biodiversity on ecosystem functioning (i.e., for the same human density there were larger reductions in standing biomass at more diverse reefs). Human effects were found to be related to fishing, coastal development, and land use stressors, and currently affect over 75% of the world’s coral reefs. Our results indicate that the consequences of biodiversity loss in coral reefs have been considerably underestimated based on existing knowledge and that reef fish assemblages, particularly the most diverse, are greatly vulnerable to the expansion and intensity of anthropogenic stressors in coastal areas.
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TL;DR: The increase in river loads for all 35 GBR basins is estimated, using the best available estimates of pre-European and current loads derived from catchment modelling and monitoring, to facilitate target setting for water quality and desired ecosystem states, and enable prioritisation of critical sources for management.
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TL;DR: Clove oil may be an effective alternative to quinaldine as a fish anaesthetic and exhibited a much calmer induction to anaesthesia than fish exposed to quINALdine, except at high concentrations.
Abstract: The efficacy of quinaldine, benzocaine, MS-222, 2-phenoxyethanol and clove oil was compared for anaesthetizing settlement stage Pomacentrus amboinensis, a frequently studied coral reef fish. Induction to anaesthesia, behaviour during anaesthesia, recovery times and survival rates of fish treated with the different chemicals were compared. Clove oil was only marginally less effective than quinaldine and was more effective than other chemicals tested, except at high concentrations. In addition, fish exposed to clove oil exhibited a much calmer induction to anaesthesia than fish exposed to quinaldine. Therefore, clove oil may be an effective alternative to quinaldine as a fish anaesthetic. Recovery time after anaesthesia with clove oil was two to three limes longer than recovery from other chemicals, a desirable charcteristic for use in field studies. Survival rates were excellent for all chemicals. (C) 1997 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the ingestion of microplastics by scleractinian corals and the presence of micro-plastic in coral reef waters adjacent to inshore reefs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GRE, 18°31′S 146°23′E).
Abstract: We report for the first time the ingestion of microplastics by scleractinian corals, and the presence of microplastics in coral reef waters adjacent to inshore reefs on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GRE, 18°31′S 146°23′E). Analysis of samples from sub-surface plankton tows conducted in close proximity to inshore reefs on the central GBR revealed microplastics, similar to those used in marine paints and fishing floats, were present in low concentrations at all water sampling locations. Experimental feeding trials revealed that corals mistake microplastics for prey and can consume up to ~50 μg plastic cm−2 h−1, rates similar to their consumption of plankton and Artemia nauplii in experimental feeding assays. Ingested microplastics were found wrapped in mesenterial tissue within the coral gut cavity, suggesting that ingestion of high concentrations of microplastic debris could potentially impair the health of corals.
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TL;DR: A schema for human disease progression from fluke infection, chronic opisthorchiasis, advanced periductal fibrosis, and cholangiocarcinogenesis is reviewed, and a rationale for biomarker discovery to facilitate early intervention is presented.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Christopher J L Murray | 209 | 754 | 310329 |
Hui-Ming Cheng | 147 | 880 | 111921 |
Joseph T. Hupp | 141 | 731 | 82647 |
Graeme J. Hankey | 137 | 844 | 143373 |
Bryan R. Cullen | 121 | 371 | 50901 |
Thomas J. Meyer | 120 | 1078 | 68519 |
William F. Laurance | 118 | 470 | 56464 |
Staffan Kjelleberg | 114 | 425 | 44414 |
Mike Clarke | 113 | 1037 | 164328 |
Gao Qing Lu | 108 | 546 | 53914 |
David J. Williams | 107 | 2060 | 62440 |
Tim J Peters | 106 | 1037 | 47394 |
Michael E. Goddard | 106 | 424 | 67681 |
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg | 106 | 425 | 63750 |
John C. Avise | 105 | 413 | 53088 |