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Allometric growth in reef-building corals
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dc.contributor.author | Dornelas, Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Madin, Joshua S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Baird, Andrew H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Connolly, Sean R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-23T00:33:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-23T00:33:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-29 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dornelas , M , Madin , J S , Baird , A H & Connolly , S R 2017 , ' Allometric growth in reef-building corals ' , Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , vol. 284 , no. 1851 , 20170053 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0053 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8452 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 249748503 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 7c75a0ee-e016-461d-a7b1-be9559339f78 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85016108806 | |
dc.identifier.other | PubMed: 28330923 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000397884000021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/13004 | |
dc.description | Funding: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and the Australian Research Council for fellowship and research support; Scottish Funding Council (MASTS, grant reference HR09011) and the ERC project bioTIME. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Predicting demographic rates is a critical part of forecasting the future of ecosystems under global change. Here, we test if growth rates can be predicted from morphological traits for a highly diverse group of colonial symbiotic organisms: scleractinian corals. We ask whether growth is isometric or allometric among corals, and whether most variation in coral growth rates occurs at the level of the species or morphological group. We estimate growth as change in planar area for 11 species, across five morphological groups and over 5 years. We show that coral growth rates are best predicted from colony size and morphology rather than species. Coral size follows a power scaling law with a constant exponent of 0.91. Despite being colonial organisms, corals have consistent allometric scaling in growth. This consistency simplifies the task of projecting community responses to disturbance and climate change. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | en |
dc.rights | © 2017, the Author(s). This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org / https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0053 | en |
dc.subject | Allometry | en |
dc.subject | Morphology | en |
dc.subject | Scaling | en |
dc.subject | Scleractinia | en |
dc.subject | Traits | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling | en |
dc.subject | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) | en |
dc.subject | Environmental Science(all) | en |
dc.subject | Immunology and Microbiology(all) | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | SH | en |
dc.title | Allometric growth in reef-building corals | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Research Council | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Fish Behaviour and Biodiversity Research Group | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0053 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-03-22 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 250189 | en |
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