Food-Web Structure and Dynamics of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs: Panamá and Galápagos Islands
This chapter describes the physical setting, biogeography, El Niño cycle and climate change effects of the coral reefs of Panama. A focus on the unique role of low diversity but complex ecological interactions, as well the importance of corals in supporting a diverse and often cryptic part of the food web is presented. Spatial and temporal variation is described as well as the potential role of human resource use and climate change on the ecosystem.
Keywords: Acanthaster, corallivore, cryptic consumers, El Niño, fishes, Galápagos Islands, global warming, Gulf of Panamá and Chiriquí, ITCZ, Pocillopora, sharks, Uva Island
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