Flesh or bone? Quantifying small-scale coral morphology using with-tissue and without-tissue techniques

The quantification of small-scale coral morphology using tissue-free skeletons often requires colonies, or colony sections, to be removed from the reef. This undesirable destruction can be reduced by using a with-tissue technique based on photographic images of living corals. The results of this stu...

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Published in:	Marine biology Vol. 145; no. 2; pp. 323 - 328
Main Authors:	TODD, P. A, LADLE, R. J, LEWIN-KOH, N. J. I, CHOU, L. M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg Springer 01-08-2004 Berlin Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal populations Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Coral reefs Favia speciosa Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genotype & phenotype Marine Marine biology Photography Sea water ecosystems Synecology Tissues ISEW, Singapore Coelenterata Invertebrata Coral Morphology Cnidaria
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Summary:	The quantification of small-scale coral morphology using tissue-free skeletons often requires colonies, or colony sections, to be removed from the reef. This undesirable destruction can be reduced by using a with-tissue technique based on photographic images of living corals. The results of this study indicate that with-tissue multivariate morphometric data contain similar information to skeleton-derived data and can help identify phenotypic plasticity in the massive coral Favia speciosa. With-tissue data can also be used to discern changes with time in individual polyps exposed to new environments. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:	0025-3162 1432-1793
DOI:	10.1007/s00227-004-1324-8