Evaluation of the Use of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) for Describing the Species Diversity of Two Coral Reefs in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Lilian A. Palomino-Alvarez - Xochitl G. Vital - Raúl E. Castillo-Cupul - Nancy Y. Suárez-Mozo - Diana Ugalde - Gabriel Cervantes-Campero - María R. Muciño-Reyes - Pedro Homá-Canché - Yoalli Quetzalli Hernández-Díaz - Rosa Sotelo-Casas - Maryjose García-González - Yhutsin A. Avedaño-Peláez - Alejandro Hernández-González - Carlos E. Paz-Ríos - Jose M. Lizaola-Guillermo - Magdalena García-Venegas - Yasmin Dávila-Jiménez - Deneb Ortigosa - Gema Hidalgo - José L. Tello-Musi - Mariana Rivera-Higueras - Rigoberto Moreno Mendoza - Mary K. Wicksten - Rosana M. Rocha - Leandro Vieira - María Berenit Mendoza-Garfias - Nuno Simões - Edlin J. Guerra-Castro
Autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) have been proposed as a standardized, passive, nondestructive sampling tool. This study assessed the ability of ARMS to capture the cryptic species diversity of two coral reefs by recording species richness and taxonomic representativeness using conventional taxonomy.