Food-Web Structure and Dynamics of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs: Panamá and Galápagos Islands

Peter W. Glynn

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195319958.003.0008

Food-Web Structure and Dynamics of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs: Panamá and Galápagos Islands

Peter W. Glynn

Marine Biology and Fisheries

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Abstract

This chapter describes the physical setting, biogeography, El Niño cycle and climate change effects of the coral reefs of Panama. A focus on the unique role of low diversity but complex ecological interactions, as well the importance of corals in supporting a diverse and often cryptic part of the food web is presented. Spatial and temporal variation is described as well as the potential role of human resource use and climate change on the ecosystem.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199869596
ISBN (Print)	9780195319958
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195319958.003.0008
State	Published - May 1 2008

Keywords

Acanthaster
Corallivore
Cryptic consumers
El niño
Fishes
Galápagos islands
Global warming
Gulf of panamá and chiriquí
ITCZ
Pocillopora
Sharks
Uva Island

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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