Climate change and Indonesian coral reef biotas
Indonesian coral reefs are famous for their high species numbers. Samples have been taken over more than 100 years,resulting in valuable natural history collections in museums and herbaria. These scientific collections enable detection of temporal changes in the composition of Indonesian marine fauna and flora. These alterations can be a direct result of anthropogenic activities (e.g. increased siltation caused by land erosion or sewage through urbanization) or they can be a visible as coral bleaching and mortality due to climate change, especially those that are an effect of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. For the recognition of global change signals and a rational choice of indicator taxa, a solid historical baseline is needed. This has been achieved by the compilation of reliable and validated Indonesian biodiversity data from as far back in time as possible. Model taxa are selected, based on their representation in museum and herbarium collections and their potential response to environmental change.
This research theme is part of the project “Climate Change and Indonesian coral reef biotas” within the research theme “Biodiversity in relation to Global Change” of the Council for Earth and Life Sciences of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (ALW-NWO grant 852.000.50 to Dr BW Hoeksema (Naturalis) and Dr RWM van Soest (ZMA)).
Publications resulting from this project
Becking LE, Cleary DF, de Voogd NJ, Renema W, de Beer M, van Soest RWM, Hoeksema BW (2006) Beta-diversity of tropical marine assemblages in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Marine Ecology 27:76-88.
Cleary DF, Becking LE, de Voogd NJ, Renema W, de Beer M, van Soest RWM, Hoeksema BW (2005) Variation in the diversity and composition of benthic taxa as a function of distance offshore, depth and exposure in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 65: 557-570.
Cleary DFR, Suharsono & Hoeksema BW (2006) Coral diversity across a disturbance gradient in the Pulau Seribu reef complex off Jakarta, Indonesia. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 3653-3674.
Cleary DFR, DeVantier L, Giyanto, Vail L, de Voogd NJ, Rachello-Dolmen PG, Tuti Y, Budiyanto A, Wolstenholme J, Hoeksema BW, Suharsono (2008) Relating variation in species composition to environmental variables: a multitaxon study in an Indonesian coral reef complex. Aquatic Sciences 70: 419-431.
Cleary DFR & de Voogd NJ (2007) Environmental determination of sponge assemblages in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87: 1669-1676.
Fransen CHJM & LB Holthuis (2007) Vir smiti spec. nov., a new scleractinian associated pontoniine shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palemonidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 81(4): 101-114, figs. 1-37.
Hoeksema BW (2007) Delineation of the Indo-Malayan Centre of Maximum Marine Biodiversity: The Coral Triangle. In: W. Renema (ed.) Biogeography, Time and Place: Distributions, Barriers and Islands, pp 117-178. Springer, Dordrecht.
Hoeksema BW (2009) Attached mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) in sediment-stressed reef conditions at Singapore, including a new species and a new record. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 22: 81-90.
Hoeksema BW & Cleary DFR (2004) The sudden death of a coral reef. Science 303: 1293.
Hoeksema BW & Koh EGL (2009) Depauperation of the mushroom coral fauna (Fungiidae) of Singapore (1860s-2006) in changing reef conditions. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 22: 91-101.
Meij SET van der, Moolenbeek RG & Hoeksema BW (2009) Decline of the Jakarta Bay molluscan fauna linked to human impact. Marine Pollution Bulletin 59: 101-107.
Meij SET van der, Suharsono & Hoeksema BW (2010) Long-term changes in coral assemblages under natural and anthropogenic stress in Jakarta Bay (1920-2005). Marine Pollution Bulletin 60: 1442-1454.
Moolenbeek RG (2008) Range extension of Conus mcbridei Lorenz, 2005, an overlooked species (Gastropoda, Conidae). Vita Malacologica 6: 68.
Moolenbeek RG & Hoenselaar J (2008) The genus Callomphala Adams & Angas, 1864 with a new species from Indonesia (Gastropoda: Vitrinellidae). Miscellanea Malacologica 3: 1-4.
Moolenbeek RG (2008) A new genus for Manzonia (Taramellia) minuta Hornung & Mermod, 1927 (Gastropoda: Pickworthiidae). Miscellanea Malacologica 3: 9-11.
Moolenbeek RG (2008) A new species, or a range extension of Chevallieria balcombensis Ponder, 1984 (Gastropoda: Iravadiidae) to Indonesia. Miscellanea Malacologica 3: 12.
Moolenbeek RG (2009) A common mytilid from the Sunda Shelf new to science Musculus panhai n. sp. (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Miscellanea Malacologica 3: 113-116.
Moolenbeek RG (2009) Hoenselaaria, a new genus with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Miscellanea Malacologica 3: 71-75.
Moolenbeek RG & Goud J (2009) A note on Conus traillii A. Adams, 1855 and Lilliconus wallacei Lorenz & Morrison, 2004 (Gastropoda, Conidae) Vita Malacologica 6: 63-67.
Ni-Ni-Win, Hanyuda T, Arai S, Uchimura M, Prathep A, Draisma SGA, Soe-Htun U & Kawai H (in press). Four new species of Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Western Pacific Ocean and reinstatement of Padina japonica. Phycologia.
Rachello-Dolmen PG & Cleary DFR (2007) Relating coral species traits to environmental conditions in the Jakarta Bay/Pulau Seribu reef system, Indonesia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 73: 816-826.
Renema W (2008) Habitat selective factors influencing the distribution of large benthic foraminifera assemblages over the Kepualauan Seribu. Marine Micropaleontology 68: 286–298.
Voogd NJ de, Parra-Velandia FJ & van Soest RWM (2008) A new Agelas (Demospongiae: Agelasida: Agelasidae) from the Thousand Islands, West Java, Indonesia. Zoologische Mededelingen 82: 235-243.
Voogd NJ de & Cleary DFR (2008) An analysis of sponge biodiversity and distribution at three taxonomic levels in the Thousand Islands/Jakarta Bay reef complex, West-Java, Indonesia. Marine Ecology 29: 205-215.
Voogd NJ de & Cleary DFR (2007). Relating species traits to environmental parameters in Indonesian coral reef sponge assemblages. Marine and Freshwater Research 58: 240-249.
Voogd NJ de & Cleary DFR (2009) Variation in sponge composition among Singaporean reefs. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology suppl 22: 59-67.
Voogd NJ de, Cleary DFR, Hoeksema BW, Noor A & van Soest RWM (2006). Sponge beta-diversity in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 309: 131-142.
Monday, August 23, 2010