Diversity and Biogeography of the Scleractinian Coral Fauna of Easter Island (Rapa Nui).

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dc.contributor.authorGlynn, Peter W.
dc.contributor.authorWellington, Gerard M.
dc.contributor.authorRiegl, Bernhard
dc.contributor.authorOlson, Donald B.
dc.contributor.authorBorneman, Eric
dc.contributor.authorWieters, Evie A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-10T21:06:36Z
dc.date.available2012-05-10T21:06:36Z
dc.date.issued2007-01
dc.descriptionv. ill. 23 cm.
dc.descriptionQuarterly
dc.description.abstractThree surveys at Easter Island (Rapa Nui) spanning the period 1999– 2005, and examination of private and museum collections, have revealed a depauperate zooxanthellate scleractinian fauna. Collections were all made off island shelf exposures, from tide pools to 70 m with scuba, and by dredging to 100 m. With synonymies, reassignments, and two new records in the families Pocilloporidae and Faviidae, the Easter Island coral fauna now comprises 13 species. Pocilloporid and poritid coral abundances were generally high on all island shelves protected from southern swells. A cluster analysis of the coral fauna relationships of 19 south, central, and far-eastern Pacific sites indicates a strong affinity between those of Easter Island and the far-eastern Pacific equatorial region (e.g., Colombia, Ecuador, Panama´, and the Gala´pagos Islands). The precipitous drop in coral species richness from the Pitcairn Island group (61 species) to Easter Island suggests the presence of a dispersal barrier between these two remote southeastern Pacific areas, separated by @1,800 km of deep ocean waters. Consideration of the surface circulation based on satellite-tracked surface drifters confirms this conclusion. Surface currents are from east to west along the topography on which Easter and Sala-y-Go´mez Islands sit, suggesting a substantial barrier to recruitment from the west.
dc.format.extent24 p.
dc.identifier.citationGlynn PW,.Wellington GM, Riegl B, Olson DB, Borneman E, Wieters EA. Diversity and Biogeography of the Scleractinian Coral Fauna of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Pac Sci 61(1): 67-90.
dc.identifier.issn0030-8870
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/22599
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherHonolulu, University of Hawaii Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesvol. 61, no. 1
dc.subject.lcshNatural history--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshScience--Periodicals
dc.subject.lcshNatural history--Pacific Area--Periodicals.
dc.titleDiversity and Biogeography of the Scleractinian Coral Fauna of Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
dc.typeArticle
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