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dc.contributor.authorFromont, J.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Zoe
dc.contributor.authorWilson, N.G.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T05:41:10Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T05:41:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationFromont, J. and Richards, Z.T. and Wilson, N.G. 2019. First report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs? Diversity. 11 (10): ARTN 184.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90696
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/d11100184
dc.description.abstract

The cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota has been reported throughout the Indo-Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The species encrusts live coral, giant clams, and other benthos and can be a threat to benthic communities on coral reefs. The Kimberley region of Western Australia has some of the least impacted reefs globally. We report for the first time the presence of T. hoshinota in the eastern Indian Ocean on Kimberley inshore coral reefs. Given its invasive potential, reef health surveys should include this species, and monitoring approaches developed to audit the remote Kimberley for this and other invasive species.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP160101508
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectBiodiversity Conservation
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectBiodiversity & Conservation
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.subjectbarcoding
dc.subjectgiant clam
dc.subjecthard coral
dc.subjectinvasive species
dc.subjectPorifera
dc.subjectScleractinia
dc.subjectENCRUSTING SPONGE
dc.subjectGREEN ISLAND
dc.subjectCYANOBACTERIOSPONGE
dc.subjectDEMOSPONGIAE
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectABUNDANCE
dc.subjectOUTBREAK
dc.subjectSYSTEM
dc.titleFirst report of the coral-killing sponge Terpios Hoshinota Rützler and Muzik, 1993 in Western Australia: A new threat to Kimberley coral reefs?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume11
dcterms.source.number10
dcterms.source.titleDiversity
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T05:41:02Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidRichards, Zoe [0000-0002-8947-8996]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN 184
dcterms.source.eissn1424-2818
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridRichards, Zoe [23988153400]


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