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Introduction of geospatial perspective to the ecology of fish-habitat relationships in Indonesian coral reefs: A remote sensing approach

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Coral reef ecosystems worldwide are now being harmed by various stresses accompanying the degradation of fish habitats and thus knowledge of fish-habitat relationships is urgently required. Because conventional research methods were not practical for this purpose due to the lack of a geospatial perspective, we attempted to develop a research method integrating visual fish observation with a seabed habitat map and to expand knowledge to a two-dimensional scale. WorldView-2 satellite imagery of Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia obtained in September 2012 was analyzed and classified into four typical substrates: live coral, dead coral, seagrass and sand. Overall classification accuracy of this map was 81.3% and considered precise enough for subsequent analyses. Three sub-areas (CC: continuous coral reef, BC: boundary of coral reef and FC: few live coral zone) around reef slopes were extracted from the map. Visual transect surveys for several fish species were conducted within each sub-area in June 2013. As a result, Mean density (Ind. / 300 m2) of Chaetodon octofasciatus, known as an obligate feeder of corals, was significantly higher at BC than at the others (p < 0.05), implying that this species’ density is strongly influenced by spatial configuration of its habitat, like the “edge effect.” This indicates that future conservation procedures for coral reef fishes should consider not only coral cover but also its spatial configuration. The present study also indicates that the introduction of a geospatial perspective derived from remote sensing has great potential to progress conventional ecological studies on coral reef fishes.

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  1. Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8564, Japan

    Shuhei Sawayama, Shingo X. Sakamoto & Teruhisa Komatsu

  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 102-0083, Japan

    Shuhei Sawayama

  3. Marine Science Department, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, 95245, Indonesia

    Nurjannah Nurdin

  4. Master of Science in Information Technology for NRM, SEAMEO BIOTROP, Bogor, 16134, Indonesia

    Muhammad Akbar AS

  5. Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan

    Teruhisa Komatsu

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Sawayama, S., Nurdin, N., Akbar AS, M. et al. Introduction of geospatial perspective to the ecology of fish-habitat relationships in Indonesian coral reefs: A remote sensing approach. Ocean Sci. J. 50, 343–352 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-015-0032-2

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