Bioerosion in dead colonies of the coral Orbicella annularis (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) in a reef of Morrocoy National Park, Falcón state, Venezuela
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Reefs, Borers, Coral skeletons, Playa MeroAbstract
We estimated both internal and external bioerosion rates in dead colonies of coral Orbicella annularis at reef from Playa Mero at Morrocoy National Park (Falcón State, Venezuela), establishing a preliminary assessment of skeleton-structure loss after mortality of corals Morrocoy National Park during 1996. We collected randomly 12 pillars of O. annularis colonies from three different depths: three, six and nine meters. Then, based on the growth axis of colonies, we performed cut of 10???????? thick in each collected colony and photographed them by X-rays in order to detect the fingerprints of bio-erosion groups. For each cut and footprint herein detected, we determined the eroded surface area (kg.m−2.year−1), the rates of external bioerosion (based on the width of the annual growth bands (#bands.year-1), and the Importance Value Index (IVI) of each bio-erosion group. We estimated a coral substrate loss by an internal bioerosion, on average, of 0.068 kg.m−2.year−1,being the bivalve the dominant internal bioerosion group (IVI= 196.78). Likewise, the external bioerosion rate was of 2.97 cm.year−1 equivalent to 2 bands.year-1. We only observed statistical significant differences between the number of total footprints and total area eroded by the bio-erosion groups. This result discarded a possible effect form depth variable within the bioerosion process in dead colonies of O. annularis at reef from Playa Mero.
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