| Titre : |
Coral-associated exosymbionts of northeast Madagascar |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Sea Mc Keon, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Conservation International Madagascar |
| Année de publication : |
2011 |
| Importance : |
p 53-55 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE LA MER
|
| Mots-clés : |
CORAIL EXOSYMBIONT NORD EST DE MADAGASCAR TAXONOMIE |
| Résumé : |
Our best estimates of global biodiversity are poor and even getting within the correct order of magnitude has proven to be a difficult goal. Entomologists working in rainforests have provided the best working estimates of terrestrial diversity. Based on the correlation between structural species (trees) and host specific symbionts (herbivorous insects), they have estimated global insect abundance at 2-50 million species. Symbioses are ubiquitous on corral reefs, yet a similar approach has not been taken with regard to estimating the numbers of host-specific reef associates and the further extrapolation to estimates of reef diversity. This work will build up a working collection of marine structural species (hexacorals, octocorals, etc.) and their associated species (families of crabs, shrimp, barnacles, gastropods, bivalves, amphipods etc.) that in the future may contribute to deriving a total biodiversity estimate for the region. |
| Numéro du document : |
A 10359/MAR 22 |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT MARIN |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
GESTION DES RESSOURCES MARINES |
Coral-associated exosymbionts of northeast Madagascar [texte imprimé] / Sea Mc Keon, Auteur . - Conservation International Madagascar, 2011 . - p 53-55. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE LA MER
|
| Mots-clés : |
CORAIL EXOSYMBIONT NORD EST DE MADAGASCAR TAXONOMIE |
| Résumé : |
Our best estimates of global biodiversity are poor and even getting within the correct order of magnitude has proven to be a difficult goal. Entomologists working in rainforests have provided the best working estimates of terrestrial diversity. Based on the correlation between structural species (trees) and host specific symbionts (herbivorous insects), they have estimated global insect abundance at 2-50 million species. Symbioses are ubiquitous on corral reefs, yet a similar approach has not been taken with regard to estimating the numbers of host-specific reef associates and the further extrapolation to estimates of reef diversity. This work will build up a working collection of marine structural species (hexacorals, octocorals, etc.) and their associated species (families of crabs, shrimp, barnacles, gastropods, bivalves, amphipods etc.) that in the future may contribute to deriving a total biodiversity estimate for the region. |
| Numéro du document : |
A 10359/MAR 22 |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT MARIN |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
GESTION DES RESSOURCES MARINES |
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