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Zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea

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We report on seven zooxanthellate scleractinian corals (hermatypic or reef-building corals) found at the Jeju Island, off the southern coast of Korea. The Jeju Island, located at one of the northern limits of coral distribution in the East China Sea, has experienced significant sea surface temperature rises in the past century. In this chapter, we describe the systematic characteristics and identification keys of these seven species. This study thus provides a baseline not only for understanding coral community structure at the latitudinal limits of distribution, but also for examining ecosystem modification resulting from global warming.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation/National Research Foundation (KOSEF/NRF) under the Japan–Korea Basic Scientific Cooperation Program. We thank Chang Ho Lee, Sung-Hwan Cho, and Michiyo Shimamura for their field support. Hyun-Ki Hong translated Korean literature on corals into English. Chang Ho Lee and Jin-Soo Kim provided some of the photographs of living corals. This study is a contribution to a collaborative study on corals of the Tsushima/Korea Strait and Jeju Island between the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) and the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), the S-9 Project of Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, and KIOST/Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) climate change projects (F64310404 and PM57090).

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  1. Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan

    Kaoru Sugihara & Hiroya Yamano

  2. School of Marine Biomedical Science, Jeju National University, 102 Jejudaehakno, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea

    Kwang-Sik Choi

  3. Deep-Sea and Seabed Resources Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, 29, Seoul, 425-600, Republic of Korea

    Kiseong Hyeong

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Sugihara, K., Yamano, H., Choi, KS., Hyeong, K. (2014). Zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. In: Nakano, Si., Yahara, T., Nakashizuka, T. (eds) Integrative Observations and Assessments. Ecological Research Monographs(). Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54783-9_6

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