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Mesoscale Circulation and Coral Community Disturbance at Isolated Reefs

Global Change Biology Communications, EarlyView.
The Loop Current is a seasonally and interannually dynamic mesoscale oceanographic feature in the Gulf of Mexico that strongly influences connectivity and environmental conditions across the region. We investigated the influence of Loop Current variability on coral reef disturbances at isolated reefs in the northwest Gulf, including coral disease ...
Gaby E. Carpenter, Benjamin H. Farmer, Hannah E. Craft, Amy Apprill, Marilyn E. Brandt, Adrienne M. S. Correa, Laura D. Mydlarz, Daniel M. Holstein   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing methods to mitigate Caribbean yellow-band disease on Orbicella faveolata [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Outbreaks of coral diseases continue to reduce global coral populations. In the Caribbean, yellow band is a severe and wide-spread disease that commonly affects corals of the Orbicella spp.
Carly J. Randall, Elizabeth M. Whitcher, Tessa Code, Clayton Pollock, Ian Lundgren, Zandy Hillis-Starr, Erinn M. Muller   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Microbiomes of three coral species in the Mexican Caribbean and their shifts associated with the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. [PDF]

PLoS One
AbstractStony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has caused widespread coral mortality in the Caribbean Region. However, how the disease presence alters the microbiome community, their structure, composition, and metabolic functionality is still poorly understood.
Arriaga-Piñón ZP, Aguayo-Leyva JE, Álvarez-Filip L, Banaszak AT, Aguirre-Macedo ML, Paz-García DA, García-Maldonado JQ.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Our shifting perspectives on the oceans [PDF]

, 2003
In the last 15 years new research findings have radically reshaped our understanding of human effects on ocean ecosystems. Here I describe five major shifts in perspective that reveal our impacts to be more severe and persistent than previously ...
Roberts, C.M.
core   +1 more source

Evaluating land–sea linkages using land cover change and coral reef monitoring data: A case study from northeastern Puerto Rico

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Land cover change that leads to increased nutrient and sediment runoff is an important driver of change in coral reef ecosystems. In this study, we combined satellite remote sensing and field monitoring to assess concomitant changes in watershed land cover and coral cover in northeastern Puerto Rico in 2000–2015.
Pirta Palola, Sasha Hills, Simon J. Pittman, Edwin A. Hernández‐Delgado, Antoine Collin, Lisa M. Wedding   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Half a century of echinoid population decline in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Multi‐decadal monitoring in the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, reveals severe (>90%) declines of key echinoid grazers. These declines signify a collapse of crucial herbivory functions underpinning coral reef resilience. Results implicate accelerating anthropogenic stress as a principal driver, emphasizing the urgent need for sustained, species ...
Gal Eviatar, Omri Bronstein
wiley   +1 more source

Development and application of molecular biomarkers for characterizing Caribbean Yellow Band Disease in Orbicella faveolata [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
Molecular stress responses associated with coral diseases represent an under-studied area of cnidarian transcriptome investigations. Caribbean Yellow Band Disease (CYBD) is considered a disease of Symbiodinium within the tissues of the coral host ...
Michael Morgan, Kylia Goodner, James Ross, Angela Z. Poole, Elizabeth Stepp, Christopher H. Stuart, Cydney Wilbanks, Ernesto Weil   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely affected.
Erinn M. Muller, Mark C. Ladd, Richard Karp, Phanor H. Montoya‐Maya, Ilsa B. Kuffner, Andrew C. Baker, Erich Bartels, Amanda Bourque, Abigail S. Clark, Nikkie Cox, Martine D'Alessandro, Ben Daughtry, Beth Firchau, Leneita Fix, David Gilliam, Dalton Hesley, Cindy Lewis, Diego Lirman, Caitlin Lustic, Kevin Macauley, Jennifer Moore, Ken Nedimyer, Keri O'Neil, Kristene T. Parsons, Kylie M. Smith, Jason Spadaro, Bailey C. Thomasson, Joseph D. Unsworth, David Vaughan, Margaret W. Miller   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

White plague-like coral disease in remote reefs of the Western Caribbean

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2015
<span>Este trabajo presenta datos sobre un brote de la Enfermedad de Plaga Blanca (EPB) en el banco de Serrana y resume siete años de observaciones de esta enfermedad en la vecina isla de San Andrés (Caribe colombiano). La mortalidad masiva de corales por causa de EPB se observó en la laguna del atolón (14° 27’ 53.24”, 80° 14’ 22.27” W, y 12m de ...
Sánchez, Juan A, Herrera, Santiago, Navas-Camacho, Raúl, Rodríguez-Ramírez, Alberto, Herron, Pilar, Pizarro, Valeria, Acosta, Alison R, Castillo, Paula A, Montoya, Phanor, Orozco, Carlos   +9 more
openaire   +7 more sources

Assisted recovery of tissue loss in massive corals Orbicella faveolata: an alternative conservation tool for restoring damaged colonies

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Coral reefs, vital for marine ecosystems and human well‐being, face drastic decline due to climate change effects. In the Caribbean, global disturbances and regional water pollution exacerbate conditions, eliciting disease outbreaks that, in synergy with coral bleaching and hurricanes, cause significant damage to key reef‐building
J. J. Adolfo Tortolero‐Langarica, Gabriela Gutiérrez‐Estrada, Juan P. Carricart‐Ganivet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source