Using photogrammetry to investigate coral reef erosion by clionid sea sponges

• Main Author: Koh, Lucas David
• Other Authors: Kyle Morgan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Cliona; Cliona caribbaea; Endolithic sponge; Carbonate budget; Coral reef erosion; Structure-from-motion; Photogrammetry; Mesoamerican reef; Caribbean Sea
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174810
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cliona is a genus of endolithic sponge that is steadily gaining dominance in areas such as the Caribbean Sea due to anthropogenically-caused ecosystem changes. These sponges erode and remove reef volume, reducing the carbonate budgets, structural complexity and hence ecological function of cor...