Hawaiian Coral Reef Ecology

by Gulko, David

• ISBN13: 9781566472340
• ISBN10: 1566472342
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: The Islander Group Inc

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	iv
Getting The Most From This Book	viii
Introduction	x
What Is This Thing Called Ecology?	1	(1)
What Makes Up An Ecosystem?	2	(1)
A Quick Note About Systematics	3	(1)
Island Formation	4	(2)
Evolution of Hawaiian Marine Species	6	(1)
Corals As Organisms	7	(97)
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cnidarians	8	(8)
Cnidarian Body Forms	9	(1)
Cnidarians as Clonal Organisms	10	(1)
The Advantages of Cloning	11	(1)
Stinging Cells	12	(3)
The Coelenteron	15	(1)
Cnidarian Relatives and In-laws	16	(11)
Class Scyphozoa- The Sea Jellies	17	(1)
Sea Jellies in Hawaii	18	(1)
Symbiosis Among the Sea Jellies	19	(1)
Sea Jellies Tidbits & Trivia	20	(1)
Class Cubozoa-The Box Jellies	21	(1)
Class Hydrozoa-The Hydroids	22	(1)
Hydrocorals & Sea Fan Hydroids	23	(1)
Pelagic Hydrozoans	24	(1)
Portuguese Man-of-War	25	(1)
Hydroid Tidbits & Trivia	26	(1)
Introduction to the Corals	27	(9)
Animal? Vegetable? Mineral?	28	(1)
Zooxanthellae	29	(2)
Coral-Algal Symbiosis	31	(2)
Skeleton Formation	33	(1)
What Maintains These Polyps' Shapes?	34	(1)
Coral Slime	35	(1)
Hawaiian Corals Reef-Building Corals	36	(22)
The Uniqueness of Hawaiian Corals	37	(1)
Hawaiian Coral Zonation	38	(1)
A Layperson's Guide to Identifying Coral Growth Forms	39	(1)
Coral Hydromechanics	40	(1)
Skeletal Characteristics	41	(1)
Family Acroporidae
Table Coral	42	(1)
Rice Coral	43	(1)
Blue Rice Coral	44	(1)
Family Agaricidae
Flat Lobe Coral	45	(1)
Corrugated Coral	46	(1)
Family Faviidae
Crust Coral	47	(1)
Ocellated Coral	48	(1)
Family Fungiidae
Humpback Coral	49	(1)
Mushroom Coral	50	(2)
Family Pocilloporidae
Lace Coral	52	(1)
Antler Coral	53	(1)
Cauliflower Coral	54	(1)
Family Poritidae
Finger Coral	55	(1)
Lobe Coral	56	(1)
Plate Coral	57	(1)
Brown or Gray Lobe Coral	57	(1)
Non-Reef Building Corals & Coral Relatives	58	(16)
Family Dendrophyllidae
Orange Cup Coral	59	(2)
Family Antipathiidae
Wire Coral	61	(1)
Black Coral	62	(1)
Octocorals	63	(2)
Octocoral Tidbits & Trivia	65	(1)
Zoanthids	66	(1)
Sea Anemones in Hawai'i	67	(1)
Anemone Symbiosis	68	(1)
Anemonefish	69	(1)
Anemone Locomotion	70	(2)
Anemone Behavior	72	(1)
Hawaiian Coral Tidbits & Trivia	73	(1)
Coral Ecology	74	(3)
General Ecological Interactions in Corals	75	(1)
Food Capture	76	(1)
Coral Reproduction	77	(16)
Asexual Budding and Fission	78	(1)
Asexual Fragmentation	79	(1)
Asexual Production of Planula Larvae	80	(1)
Polyp Bail-out	81	(1)
Sexual Reproduction	82	(1)
Sex and the Single Polyp	83	(1)
Sex in the Sea	84	(1)
Mass Spawning Events	85	(1)
Life as a Coral Larval Form	86	(1)
Larval Dispersal	87	(1)
Coral Rafting as a Means for Dispersal	88	(1)
Coral Larval Settlement and Recruitment	89	(2)
Coral Wars	91	(2)
Predators on Corals	93	(11)
Major Predators on Reef Corals in Hawai'i	94	(1)
The Shortbodied Blenny	95	(1)
Coral-Feeding Butterflyfish	96	(1)
Butterflyfish: A Rogues Gallery	97	(1)
The Blue-Eye Damselfish	98	(1)
The Finger Coral-Eating Nudibranch	99	(1)
The Stripebelly Puffer	100	(1)
The Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star	101	(2)
Cnidoquestion: Bite Marks	103	(1)
Corals as Condominiums	104	(17)
Corals as Condos	105	(1)
Roles of Coral Colonies as Hosts	106	(4)
Crabs	110	(2)
Defense of Corals by Crustacean Symbionts	112	(1)
Gall Crabs and Coral Galls	113	(1)
Shrimps	114	(2)
Worms	116	(2)
Corals as a Recruiting Ground	118	(1)
Coral Zits!!	119	(2)
Coral Reefs as Ecosystems	121	(115)
Coral Reef Types	122	(1)
Reef Communities	123	(1)
Fringing Reefs	124	(1)
Barrier Reefs	125	(1)
Atolls	126	(1)
Hawaiian Coral Tidbits & Trivia	127	(1)
Major Factors Limiting the Occurence of Coral Reefs Globally	128	(2)
The Darwin Point	130	(2)
Succession, Disturbance & Diversity	132	(4)
The Rainforest of the Sea	136	(2)
Coral Imposters!	138	(1)
Calcareous Algae	139	(2)
Sponges	141	(1)
Coral Oddities	142	(1)
Use of Non-Living Substrate	143	(1)
Lobsters	144	(1)
Octopus	145	(1)
Feeding Guilds on a Coral Reef	146	(4)
Herbivory on Coral Reefs	150	(1)
So You Want to Be a Predator, Do You??	151	(1)
Uses of Color and Patterning	152	(2)
Why Should Reef Fish School?	154	(2)
Territoriality in Reef Fishes	156	(1)
Territory Defense by Herbivorous Damselfish	157	(1)
Damselfish as a Keystone Species	158	(1)
Sex Change on the Reef	159	(2)
Bioerosion	161	(2)
Effects of Fishes on Corals	163	(1)
Cleaning Stations on Coral Reefs	164	(2)
Sea Turtles	166	(1)
Sea Turtle Tidbits & Trivia	167	(1)
Use of Reef Habitat	168	(1)
The Reef During the Day	169	(1)
The Crepuscular Period	170	(1)
The Reef at Night	171	(1)
Associated Habitats	172	(1)
Mangroves	173	(1)
Sandy Bottoms	174	(1)
Reef Flats	175	(1)
Food Webs Within the Coral Reef Community	176	(1)
Hawaiian Coral Reef Trophic Relationships	177	(1)
Natural Sources of Stress on Coral Reefs	178	(2)
Local & Global Problems	180	(27)
Anchor Damage	181	(1)
Coral Bleaching	182	(1)
Coastal Development	183	(2)
Coral Diseases	185	(3)
Fish Feeding	188	(1)
Effects of Fishing	189	(2)
Tropical Fish Collecting	191	(1)
Introduced Species on Hawaiian Coral Reefs	192	(2)
Marine Tourism	194	(1)
The Hanauma Bay Story	195	(1)
Nutrients (Sewage & Eutrophication)	196	(1)
The Kane'ohe Bay Story	197	(1)
Effects of Oil Spills & Heavy Metals	198	(1)
Effects of Sedimentation	199	(1)
Turtle Tumors	200	(1)
Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation	201	(1)
Effects of UV on the Coral	202	(1)
Effects of Divers	203	(3)
Potential Effects of Humans	206	(1)
Human Uses of Corals & Coral Reefs	207	(11)
Corals & Coral Reefs in Old Hawai'i	208	(2)
Coral Reefs as Supermarkets	210	(2)
Man's Use of Coral in the Medical World	212	(1)
Fossil Coral Reefs	213	(1)
The Science of Studying Coral Reefs	214	(2)
What is the Role of Coral Reef Monitoring?	216	(1)
Coral Reef Sustainability Hot Spots	217	(1)
16 Things You can Do	218	(1)
The Big Ending	219	(3)
Appendices
Appendix I Hawaiian Coral Symbionts by Species	222	(2)
Appendix II Laws Governing Corals & Coral Reefs	224	(2)
Appendix III Glossary	226	(2)
Appendix IV Subject Bibliography	228	(8)
Scientific Name Index	236	(3)
General Index	239	(4)
Answers to Cnidoquestions	243	(2)
Pop Quiz Answers	245