New records of coral diseases in the Persian Gulf
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 We report first observations of three coral diseases including black band disease on Acropora, a syndrome resembling yellow band disease and red band disease on Porites colonies from depth 5–6 m at Abu-Musa Island after widespread coral bleaching in the
Parviz Tavakoli-Kolour +1 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Acroporid corals are one of the most important corals in the Caribbean because of their role in building coral reefs. Unfortunately, Acropora corals have suffered a severe decline in the last 50 years thus prompting the development of many restoration ...
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Light intensity, photoperiod duration, daily light flux and coral growth of Galaxea fascicularis in an aquarium setting: a matter of photons? [PDF]
, 2011 Light is one of the most important abiotic factors influencing the (skeletal) growth of scleractinian corals. Light stimulates coral growth by the process of light-enhanced calcification, which is mediated by zooxanthellar photosynthesis.
Janse, M. +5 more
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New recruitment of staghorn corals in the Gulf of Mannar – the emergence of a resilient coral reef
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 Coral Reefs in Gulf of Mannar is degrading with fatser rate due to several environmental stress over the past few decades. Under this severe degredation phase, our work has observed significant coral recruitment at Hare Island and Manoli & Manoliputti ...
Koushik Sadhukhan +3 more
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Terrigenous sediment-dominated reef platform infilling: an unexpected precursor to reef island formation and a test of the reef platform size-island age model in the Pacific [PDF]
, 2017 Low-lying coral reef islands are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, necessitating an improved understanding of when and why they form, and how the timing of formation varies within and among regions.
Daniells, J.J. +5 more
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Biological controls to manage Acropora-eating flatworms in coral aquaculture
Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2020 Coral aquaculture is expanding to supply the marine ornamental trade and active coral reef restoration. A common pest of Acropora corals is the Acropora-eating flatworm Prosthiostomum acroporae, which can cause colonial mortality at high infestation ...
Barton, JA +3 more
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Varied effects of algal symbionts on transcription factor NF-κB in a sea anemone and a coral: possible roles in symbiosis and thermotolerance [PDF]
, 2019 Many cnidarians, including the reef-building corals, undergo symbiotic mutualisms with photosynthetic dinoflagellate algae of the family Symbiodiniaceae.
Benson, Brooke E. +11 more
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Tahiti sea level : the last deglacial sea level rise in the South Pacific [PDF]
, 2005 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 310 to the reef terraces around Tahiti, French Polynesia, was the second expedition to utilize a mission-specific platform (MSP) and was conducted by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (
Camoin, Gilbert F. +2 more
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BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background Scleractinian corals of the genus Montipora (Anthozoa, Cnidaria) possess some unusual biological traits, such as vertical transmission of algal symbionts; however, the genetic bases for those traits remain unknown.
Yuki Yoshioka +4 more
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Rare coral under the genomic microscope: timing and relationships among Hawaiian Montipora [PDF]
, 2019 Background Evolutionary patterns of scleractinian (stony) corals are difficult to infer given the existence of few diagnostic characters and pervasive phenotypic plasticity.
Belderok, Roy +5 more
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