A5002572290- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Urticaria and Related Conditions
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
National University of Singapore
2016-2024
Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse, and human dependence on their ecosystem services is high. Reefs experience significant direct indirect anthropogenic pressures, provide a sensitive indicator of coastal ocean health, climate change acidification, with associated implications for society. Monitoring coral reef status trends essential to better inform science, management policy, but the projected collapse systems within few decades makes provision accurate actionable monitoring data...
Abstract Coral reefs are among the richest marine ecosystems on Earth, but there remains much diversity hidden within cavities of complex reef structures awaiting discovery. While abundance corals and other macroinvertebrates known to influence reef‐associated organisms, unknown drivers cryptobenthic diversity. A combination standardized sampling with 12 units Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) high‐throughput sequencing was utilized uncover cryptobiome across equatorial in...
Coral reefs in the Central Indo-Pacific region comprise some of most diverse and yet threatened marine habitats. While reef monitoring has grown throughout recent years, studies coral benthic cover remain limited spatial temporal scales. Here, we analysed 24,365 surveys performed over 37 years at 1972 sites East Asia by Global Reef Monitoring Network using Bayesian approaches. Our results show that overall surveyed not declined as suggested previous compared to regions like Caribbean....
Coral reefs provide a multitude of ecosystem functions owing to the high levels biodiversity they host. species, as foundation shallow-water reefs, differ in their contributions toward functioning due part disparate phylogenetic histories scleractinian lineages. Understanding spatial patterns and temporal trajectories these facets, well interrelationships, is critical for more targeted conservation strategies face widespread habitat degradation climate change. Here, we analyse long-term...
Predicting the bleaching responses of corals is crucial in light frequent heat stress events to manage further losses biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, especially for reefs impacted by urbanisation. We examined if coral cover community at various Singapore sites changed during 2016 global event. Bleaching prevalence varied widely among June 2016, was best explained site species. While some were minimally impacted, others registered significant decreases changes persisting till March...
Abstract The mitochondrial genetic code is much more varied than the standard code. invertebrate code, for instance, comprises six initiation codons, including five alternative start codons. However, only two codons are known in echinoderm and flatworm canonical ATG GTG. Here, we analyzed 23 Asteroidea mitogenomes, ten newly sequenced species unambiguously identified at least other ATT ATC, both of which also initiate translation genes invertebrates. These findings underscore diversity...
Yong Kit Samuel Chan, Tai Chong Toh, and Danwei Huang (2018)Archaster typicus is a microphagous sea star ubiquitous throughout sandy shoals of the Indo-Pacific. Along highly urbanised coasts, loss habitats through land reclamation degradation adjacent mangrove forests seagrass meadows, which serve as nurseries for A. typicus, could lead to local extinction this species. To determine population status in Singapore, we performed belt-transect surveys at three modified shores, then compared...