caa a22 4500 445819146 CHVBK 20180317145238.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00338-010-0676-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00338-010-0676-4 High, but localized recruitment of Montastraea annularis complex in St. John, United States Virgin Islands [Elektronische Daten] [P. Edmunds, C. Ross, C. Didden] This study describes relatively high recruitment of Montastraea annularis complex (hereafter, MAC) on the shallow reefs (≤9m depth) along 4km of the south coast of St. John that have been censused for 16years. Before 2008, the density of juvenile MAC along this stretch of coast was <0.068 colonies m−2 (and often <0.032 colonies m−2), but in 2008 it increased to 0.152 colonies m−2 and remained at 0.116 colonies m−2 in 2009. These densities were driven by only 7-9 colonies year−1, but against the long-term context of weak recruitment and declining cover of this taxon, the densities are notable. In 2009, the spatial extent of the surveys was expanded to 47km, along the north, east, and south coasts of St. John. This larger effort demonstrated that MAC recruitment was localized to the initial 4km surveyed; outside this area, the mean density was 0.010 juvenile colonies m−2. These results demonstrate that MAC is still capable of recruitment at rates similar to those of the 1970s, but the highly limited spatio-temporal extent of the effect is unlikely to appreciably alter the declining population trajectories of this taxon. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Montastraea nationallicence Recruitment nationallicence Caribbean nationallicence Coral nationallicence Edmunds P. Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, 91330-8303, Northridge, CA, USA aut Ross C. Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, 91330-8303, Northridge, CA, USA aut Didden C. Viewpoint School, 23620 Mullholland Highway, 91302-2097, Calabasas, CA, USA aut Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/1(2011-03-01), 123-130 0722-4028 30:1<123 2011 30 338 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-010-0676-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-010-0676-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Edmunds P. Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, 91330-8303, Northridge, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ross C. Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, 91330-8303, Northridge, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Didden C. Viewpoint School, 23620 Mullholland Highway, 91302-2097, Calabasas, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/1(2011-03-01), 123-130 0722-4028 30:1<123 2011 30 338 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer