Occupation Dynamics and Impacts of Damselfish Territoriality on Recovering Populations of the Threatened Staghorn Coral, Acropora cervicornis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Large-scale coral reef restoration is needed to help recover structure and function of degraded coral reef ecosystems and mitigate continued coral declines.
Stephanie A Schopmeyer, Diego Lirman
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Potential spawn induction and suppression agents in Caribbean Acropora cervicornis corals of the Florida Keys [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The enhanced ability to direct sexual reproduction may lead to improved restoration outcomes for Acropora cervicornis. Gravid fragments of A. cervicornis were maintained in a laboratory for two sequential trials in the seven days prior to natural ...
Mark Flint, John T. Than
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Since the 1980s, populations of Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata have experienced severe declines due to disease and anthropogenic stressors; resulting in their listing as threatened, and their need for restoration.
Samantha King +5 more
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Coral Gardens Reef, Belize: A refugium in the face of Caribbean-wide Acropora spp. coral decline.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Caribbean Acropora spp. corals have undergone a decline in cover since the second half of the twentieth century. Loss of these architecturally complex and fast-growing corals has resulted in significant, cascading changes to the character, diversity, and
Lisa Greer +7 more
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Enhanced susceptibility to predation in corals of compromised condition [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The marine gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, is an obligate corallivore that causes substantial mortality in Caribbean Acropora spp. Considering the imperiled status of Acropora cervicornis and A.
Allan J. Bright +2 more
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Reef-scale trends in Florida Acropora spp. abundance and the effects of population enhancement [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Since the listing of Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis under the US Endangered Species Act in 2006, increasing investments have been made in propagation of listed corals (primarily A. cervicornis, A.
Margaret W. Miller +2 more
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Weak prezygotic isolating mechanisms in threatened Caribbean Acropora corals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis, recently have undergone drastic declines primarily as a result of disease. Previous molecular studies have demonstrated that these species form a hybrid (A.
Nicole D Fogarty +2 more
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Distribution and status of living colonies of Acropora spp. in the reef crests of a protected marine area of the Caribbean (Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The reef crests of the Jardines de la Reina National Park (JRNP) are largely formed by Acropora palmata, but colonies of A. cervicornis and the hybrid A. prolifera are also present.
Leslie Hernández-Fernández +9 more
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Genetic diversity and connectivity in the threatened staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) in Florida. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Over the past three decades, populations of the dominant shallow water Caribbean corals, Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata, have been devastated by white-band disease (WBD), resulting in the listing of both species as threatened under the U.S ...
Elizabeth M Hemond, Steven V Vollmer
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Advances in Oceanography and Limnology, 2021 Acropora cervicornis is one of the most important coral species in shallow reefs of the Caribbean as it provides habitat and structural complexity to several species of invertebrates and fish. However, the distribution range of A. cervicornis has shrunk
Stephanie J. Martinez +4 more
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