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Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering
The occurrence and proliferation of reef-forming corals is of vast importance in terms of the biodiversity they support and the ecosystem services they provide. The complex three-dimensional structures engineered by corals are comprised of both live and dead coral, and the function, growth and stabi...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34375552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1260 |
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author | Hennige, S. J. Larsson, A. I. Orejas, C. Gori, A. De Clippele, L. H. Lee, Y. C. Jimeno, G. Georgoulas, K. Kamenos, N. A. Roberts, J. M. |
author_facet | Hennige, S. J. Larsson, A. I. Orejas, C. Gori, A. De Clippele, L. H. Lee, Y. C. Jimeno, G. Georgoulas, K. Kamenos, N. A. Roberts, J. M. |
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description | The occurrence and proliferation of reef-forming corals is of vast importance in terms of the biodiversity they support and the ecosystem services they provide. The complex three-dimensional structures engineered by corals are comprised of both live and dead coral, and the function, growth and stability of these systems will depend on the ratio of both. To model how the ratio of live : dead coral may change, the ‘Goldilocks Principle’ can be used, where organisms will only flourish if conditions are ‘just right’. With data from particle imaging velocimetry and numerical smooth particle hydrodynamic modelling with two simple rules, we demonstrate how this principle can be applied to a model reef system, and how corals are effectively optimizing their own local flow requirements through habitat engineering. Building on advances here, these approaches can be used in conjunction with numerical modelling to investigate the growth and mortality of biodiversity supporting framework in present-day and future coral reef structures. |
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spelling | pubmed-83547462021-08-17 Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering Hennige, S. J. Larsson, A. I. Orejas, C. Gori, A. De Clippele, L. H. Lee, Y. C. Jimeno, G. Georgoulas, K. Kamenos, N. A. Roberts, J. M. Proc Biol Sci Ecology The occurrence and proliferation of reef-forming corals is of vast importance in terms of the biodiversity they support and the ecosystem services they provide. The complex three-dimensional structures engineered by corals are comprised of both live and dead coral, and the function, growth and stability of these systems will depend on the ratio of both. To model how the ratio of live : dead coral may change, the ‘Goldilocks Principle’ can be used, where organisms will only flourish if conditions are ‘just right’. With data from particle imaging velocimetry and numerical smooth particle hydrodynamic modelling with two simple rules, we demonstrate how this principle can be applied to a model reef system, and how corals are effectively optimizing their own local flow requirements through habitat engineering. Building on advances here, these approaches can be used in conjunction with numerical modelling to investigate the growth and mortality of biodiversity supporting framework in present-day and future coral reef structures. The Royal Society 2021-08-11 2021-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8354746/ /pubmed/34375552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1260 Text en © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Ecology Hennige, S. J. Larsson, A. I. Orejas, C. Gori, A. De Clippele, L. H. Lee, Y. C. Jimeno, G. Georgoulas, K. Kamenos, N. A. Roberts, J. M. Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering |
title | Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering |
title_full | Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering |
title_fullStr | Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering |
title_full_unstemmed | Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering |
title_short | Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering |
title_sort | using the goldilocks principle to model coral ecosystem engineering |
topic | Ecology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34375552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1260 |
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