Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata cultured on a low maintenance line nursery design in The Bahamas. [PDF]
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 ...
Leah Maurer +6 more
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Fine scale population structure of Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis in the Colombian Caribbean [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Using a standardized SNP array, we identified two populations of Acropora cervicornis and one population of A. palmata in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. San Andrés was the most genetically differentiated location for both species.
Rocio García-Urueña +2 more
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Growth dynamics in Acropora cervicornis and A. prolifera in southwest Puerto Rico [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Natural population recovery of Acropora palmata, A. cervicornis and their hybrid, Acropora prolifera, have fluctuated significantly after their Caribbean-wide, disease-induced mass mortality in the early 1980s.
Ernesto Weil +3 more
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Spatial distribution of microbial communities among colonies and genotypes in nursery-reared Acropora cervicornis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background The architecturally important coral species Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata were historically common in the Caribbean, but have declined precipitously since the early 1980s.
Nicole Miller +4 more
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Investigating the spatial distribution and effects of nearshore topography on Acropora cervicornis abundance in Southeast Florida [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Dense Acropora cervicornis aggregations, or patches, have been documented within nearshore habitats in Southeast Florida (SE FL) despite close proximity to numerous anthropogenic stressors and subjection to frequent natural disturbance events.
Nicole L. D’Antonio +2 more
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A Network Approach to White Band Disease Challenged Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis microRNAs and Their Targets [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionCoral reefs are increasingly threatened by disease outbreaks, yet little is known about the genetic mechanisms underlying disease resistance. Since the 1970s, White Band Disease (WBD) has decimated the Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis ...
Brecia A. Despard +3 more
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Genetic structure of a remnant Acropora cervicornis population [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Amongst the global decline of coral reefs, hope spots such as Cordelia Bank in Honduras, have been identified. This site contains dense, remnant thickets of the endangered species Acropora cervicornis, which local managers and conservation organizations ...
Steven W. J. Canty +3 more
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Integrating fossil data in ecological niche models to improve predictions of future habitat of Caribbean corals. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Ecological niche models (ENMs) are used to assess the abiotic preferences of species by linking their occurrences to the environmental conditions in which they live. We developed a fossil‐informed ENM framework that integrates mid‐Holocene and modern occurrences to test niche stability and reconstruct abiotic niche characteristics for four ...
Williams CM +3 more
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Bleaching causes loss of disease resistance within the threatened coral species Acropora cervicornis [PDF]
eLife, 2018 Determining the adaptive potential of foundation species, such as reef-building corals, is urgent as the oceans warm and coral populations decline. Theory predicts that corals may adapt to climate change via selection on standing genetic variation.
Erinn M Muller +2 more
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Zooplankton as a potential vector for white band disease transmission in the endangered coral, Acropora cervicornis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Coral diseases are a leading factor contributing to the global decline of coral reefs, and yet mechanisms of disease transmission remain poorly understood. This study tested whether zooplankton can act as a vector for white band disease (WBD) in Acropora
Rebecca H. Certner +3 more
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