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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3523-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3523-2024
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06 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 06 Aug 2024

Reefal ostracod assemblages from the Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)

Skye Yunshu Tian, Martin Langer, Moriaki Yasuhara, and Chih-Lin Wei

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Through the first large-scale study of meiobenthic ostracods from the diverse and productive reef ecosystem in the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania, we found that the diversity and composition of ostracod assemblages as controlled by benthic habitats and human impacts were indicative of overall reef health, and we highlighted the usefulness of ostracods as a model proxy to monitor and understand the degradation of reef ecosystems from the coral-dominated phase to the algae-dominated phase.
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