Coral Reefs
In: Marine Biology
Intro -- CORAL REEFS ECOSYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND CURRENT THREATS -- CORAL REEFS ECOSYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND CURRENT THREATS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 PROTEINS RESPONSIVE TO VARIABLE TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE IN THE REEF-BUILDING CORAL SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- SHVTS -- Protein Extraction -- 2D Gel Electrophoresis 1st Dimension-Isoelectric Focusing -- 2D Gel Electrophoresis 2nd Dimension-SDS-PAGE -- MS -- MS Data Analysis -- Western Blotting -- RESULTS -- Differentially Expressed Proteins Uncovered by a 2D + MS-Based Approach -- RBCL Western Blot -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 ARACHIDONIC ACID IS A MAJOR FATTY ACID IN GONADS OF CORAL REEF FISHES AND IMPROVES LARVAL SURVIVAL OF RABBITFISH SIGUNUS GUTATTUS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF ARACHIDONIC ACID AS MAJOR FATTY ACID COMPONENT IN CORAL REEF ASSOCIATED FISHES -- 1.1. Coral Reef Associated, Demersal Fishes -- 1.2. Tropical Pelagic Fishes -- 1.3. Possible Origin of ArA in Coral Reef -- 1.4. Rabbitfish -- 2. EFFECTS OF DIETARY ARACHIDONIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF RABBITFISH BROODSTOCK -- 2.1. First Trial -- 2.2. Second Trial -- 3. EFFECTS OF DHA/ARACHIDONIC ACID-ENRICHED ROTIFERS ON SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF RABBITFISH FRY -- 3.1. Preliminary Studies -- 3.2. Materials and Methods -- 3.3. Survival and Growth -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 ARACHIDONIC ACID DISTRIBUTION IN SEAWEED, SEAGRASS, INVERTEBRATES AND DUGONG IN CORAL REEF AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTODUCTION -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 3. FATTY ACID COMPOSITION I-INVERTEBRATES -- Corals -- Crustaceans -- Shells -- II-AQUATIC PLANTS -- Seaweed and Seagrass -- III-DUGONG -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.