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The Distribution, Diversity, and Indicator Species of Coral Communities Under the Influence of Environmental Changes in the Subtropical Peninsula of Southern China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The dominant coral species in Dapeng Peninsula changed from branching types to clumping types. Fishing and tourism had significant negative impacts on coral reef development. Water quality and substrate types determined the distribution and structure of coral communities.
Wu DH, Miao LY, Song YD, Wang S, Wang TT, Ou HL, Xie J, Zhang Y, Jin CC, Xia WT, Ullah N, Zhang KD, Chen SQ, Zhou HL, Wang KS.   +14 more
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Genomic Resources for Imperiled Caribbean Reef-Forming Corals (Hexacorallia: Scleractinia): Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of <i>Dichocoenia stokesii</i>, <i>Diploria labyrinthiformis</i>, <i>Oculina patagonica</i>, and <i>Stephanocoenia intersepta</i>. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Mitochondrial genomes of imperiled Caribbean corals are sequenced. These genomic resources will support conservation initiatives. ABSTRACT Coral reefs provide a wide variety of services essential to both marine ecosystems and human societies yet reef‐forming corals are currently facing a multitude of global and local environmental stressors.
Zabransky K, Vuong W, Rosales SM, Baeza JA.   +3 more
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Persistent Legacy Effects of Marine Heatwaves on Coral Symbioses. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
The algal symbionts hosted by Platygyra ryukyuensis corals on Kiritimati Island were distributed according to their exposure to local human disturbance before an extreme marine heatwave (1). The symbionts hosted by corals underwent a major shift as a result of this acute heatwave disturbance, with transient symbionts detected in corals at less turbid ...
Buzzoni D, Van Nynatten A, Cunning R, Baum JK.   +3 more
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Population assessment of Acropora palmata (Scleractinia: Acroporidae): relationship between habitat and reef associated species

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2014
Three decades ago, Acropora palmata was one of the main reef-building coral species throughout the Caribbean, forming an essential component of the structural complexity of shallow coral reef habitats.
K. Martínez, D. Bone, A. Cróquer, A. López-Ordaz   +3 more
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A Network Approach to White Band Disease Challenged Staghorn Coral <i>Acropora cervicornis</i>microRNAs and Their Targets. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Our study looks at the association between microRNA expression and disease resistance in Caribbean staghorn corals infected with White Band Disease. We find three microRNAs differentially expressed due to disease resistance with putative targets involved in innate immunity.
Despard BA, Selwyn JD, Shupp AN, Vollmer SV.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Worldwide analysis of reef surveys sorts coral taxa by associations with recent and past heat stress

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Coral reefs around the world are under threat from anomalous heat waves that are causing the widespread decline of hard corals. Different coral taxa are known to have different sensitivities to heat, although variation in susceptibilities have also been ...
Oliver Selmoni, Gaël Lecellier, Gaël Lecellier, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier, Stéphane Joost   +4 more
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Global Cold-Water Coral Biodiversity Redistribution Under Projected Climate Change. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Cold‐water corals are key habitat providers in the world's oceans, yet their global distribution, diversity patterns, and vulnerability to climate change remain poorly understood. Our study mapped the global distribution of 741 cold‐water coral species and showed that while the overall coral biome may persist in the future, many species will shift ...
Fragkopoulou E, Gouvêa LP, Balogh V, Serrão EA, Assis J.   +4 more
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Phestilla subodiosus sp. nov. (Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae), a corallivorous pest species in the aquarium trade [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2020
Phestilla subodiosus sp. nov. (Nudibranchia: Trinchesiidae) is a novel species that feeds on corals in the genus Montipora (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) which are economically important in the aquarium industry.
Adam Wang, Inga Elizabeth Conti-Jerpe, John Lawrence Richards, David Michael Baker   +3 more
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A phylogeny of the family Poritidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) based on molecular and morphological analyses. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The family Poritidae formerly included 6 genera: Alveopora, Goniopora, Machadoporites, Porites, Poritipora, and Stylaraea. Morphologically, the genera can be differentiated based on the number of tentacles, the number of septa and their arrangement, the ...
Yuko F Kitano, Francesca Benzoni, Roberto Arrigoni, Yoshihisa Shirayama, Carden C Wallace, Hironobu Fukami   +5 more
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Disturbance and the dynamics of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (1995-2009).

PLoS ONE, 2011
Coral reef ecosystems worldwide are under pressure from chronic and acute stressors that threaten their continued existence. Most obvious among changes to reefs is loss of hard coral cover, but a precise multi-scale estimate of coral cover dynamics for ...
Kate Osborne, Andrew M Dolman, Scott C Burgess, Kerryn A Johns   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source