The role of monsoon-driven oceanographic variability in recruitment patterns of key intertidal space occupiers on tropical rocky shores on the west coast of Thailand, Indian Ocean.

ABSTRACT: We investigated the influences of oceanographic variables on recruitment patterns of the acorn barnacle Chthamalus malayensis and the rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata, key space occupiers on tropical intertidal rocky shores. Recruitment data and nearshore environmental variables were obtained at spatial (regional and local) and temporal (monthly) scales on the west coast of Thailand. The relationship between the recruitment of each species and combinations of environmental variables was modeled. The climate of the study sites is influenced by the southwest and northeast monsoons of the Indochinese monsoon system. Observations showed that recruitment of both species and oceanographic variables exhibited differences at either local scale or monthly scale or both. Recruitment o

SUBMITTER: Wangkulangkul K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature