Paul W. Sammarco
Australian Institute of Marine Science
89 Papers
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Paul W. Sammarco is an academic researcher from Australian Institute of Marine Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral & Coral reef. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 88 publications. Previous affiliations of Paul W. Sammarco include McMaster University.
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Papers
Echinoid grazing as a structuring force in coral communities: Whole reef manipulations☆
TL;DR: Success of coral recruitment (density of coral spat) increased in the absence of Diadema due to the alleviation of biological disturbance imposed by this urchin's feeding activities, and the presence of Echinometra viridis in high densities created conditions where growth and fusion in Agaricia spat were optimized.
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Localized dispersal and recruitment in great barrier reef corals: the helix experiment.
Paul W. Sammarco,John C. Andrews +1 more
TL;DR: To examine the problem of how far coral larvae disperse from their natal reef, coral recruitment densities were experimentally determined at distances up to 5 kilometers from a small, relatively isolated platform reef, Helix Reef, on the central Great Barrier Reef for 7 months, suggesting that near-field circulation has a profound influence on dispersal and recruitment of coral larvae.
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Competitive strategies of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia): allelopathic effects on selected scleractinian corals
TL;DR: It is indicated that soft corals can effectively compete for space against hard corals, and it is inferred that toxic exudates from the soft coral might be responsible for causing localized mortality in hardCorals, since extensive mortality occurred in certain cases in the absence of contact.
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Expansion of coral communities within the Northern Gulf of Mexico via offshore oil and gas platforms
TL;DR: Platforms have facilitated the expansion of coral populations in the GOM, and this may influence future decisions regarding their removal, including total coral abundances of the dominant 3 species in shal- low water.