Coral Community Reproductive Patterns: Red Sea Versus the Great Barrier Reef
Coral Community Reproductive Patterns: Red Sea Versus the Great Barrier Reef
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珊瑚群落的繁殖模式：红海与大堡礁
DOI：
10.1126/science.228.4705.1333
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发表时间：
1985
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Y. Loya
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作者：
Y. Shlesinger;Y. Loya
澳大利亚大堡礁的许多珊瑚是同步的多品种产卵者，与之相反，以色列红海北部丰富的珊瑚物种表现出暂时的繁殖隔离。13种红海鱼类中有12种的产卵日期与月球周期一致，并且在3年的研究中保持一致。所有种类的产卵期发生在不同的季节、不同的月份或同一个月内不同的月相。在埃拉特研究的高丰度珊瑚可能部分是由于没有重叠的产卵期和定居时间而获得的优势。
In contrast to many corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, which are synchronous multispecific spawners, the abundant coral species in the northern Red Sea, Israel, exhibit temporal reproductive isolation. Spawning dates of 12 of the 13 Red Sea species followed lunar periodicity and were consistent throughout 3 years of study. Spawning periods of all species occurred in different seasons, different months, or different lunar phases within the same month. The high abundance of the corals studied at Eilat may be due in part to the advantages gained through not having overlapping spawning periods and settlement times.