Settlement patterns and temporal successions of coral reef cryptic communities affect diversity assessments using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS).

ABSTRACT: Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) are used worldwide to assess cryptic diversity, especially on coral reefs. They were developed as standardised tools, yet conditions of deployment, such as immersion duration and/or deployment and retrieval seasons, vary among studies. Here we studied temporal and seasonal variability in coral reef cryptic communities sampled with 15 ARMS on a single coral reef slope site at Reunion Island, Southwest Indian Ocean. Settlement patterns and temporal succession of Eukaryote communities were investigated across three immersion times (6 months, 1 year, 2 years), two immersion seasons (hot vs. cool) and three fractions (500-2000 μm, 106-500 μm, sessile) using two genetic markers (18S, COI). Both markers detected different taxa with different resolution

SUBMITTER: Couedel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11543703 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature