Status of Florida’s pillar coral population: in situ declines and ex situ successes
Frontiers in Marine ScienceThe population of pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus, in Florida was decimated from 2013 to 2020, primarily by the emergence of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).
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Gulf of Mexico oil blowout increases risks to globally threatened species [PDF]
, 2011 Fourteen marine species in the Gulf of Mexico are protected by the US Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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Benthic Habitat Characterization for the South Florida Ocean Measurement Facility (SFOMF) [PDF]
, 2011 This report summarizes the distribution and relative abundance of two stony coral species (Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata) currently listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) (Federal Register/Vol. 71, No.
Gilliam, David S., Walker, Brian K.
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Mission report: a strategy to inventory, characterize, and monitor the marine region within and around the National Park and Monument boundaries of St. John, USVI, July 21- July 31, 2008 [PDF]
, 2008 The intent of this field mission was to continue ongoing efforts: (1) to spatially characterize and monitor the distribution, abundance and size of both reef fishes and conch within and around the waters of the Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS) and ...
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Coral community decline at Bonaire, Southern Caribbean [PDF]
, 2011 We assessed the status of coral reef benthic communities at Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, in December 2008 and January 2009 through ∼5 km of photo transects taken at depths of 5, 10, and 20 m at 14 locations around the island.
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The Depositional Record, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page 893-916, June 2025.We produced the first reconstruction of the coral species composition of MIS5d–a reefs in the Florida Keys and compared it with existing regional records from MIS5e, the Holocene, the recent past (1996) and the present (2022) to evaluate how Florida's reefs changed throughout the late Quaternary.
Lauren T. Toth +3 more
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Resource survey of Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary, 1983 [PDF]
, 2002 Forward: Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary (LKNMS) was designated in 1981 to protect and promote the study, teaching, and wise use of the resources of Looe Key Sanctuary (Plate A).
Bello, Maria J. +2 more
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Florida\u27s Pillar Coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus): The Roles of the Holobiont Partners in Bleaching, Recovery, and Disease Processes [PDF]
, 2018 The iconic pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus, is one of five Caribbean species listed in 2014 under the US Federal Endangered Species Act because of its extreme low abundance and continued decline in US waters. Until recently, little was known about the
Lewis, Cynthia Fairbank
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceTetrabromopyrrole (TBP) is a readily biosynthesized marine proteobacterial compound that induces coral settlement (attachment and metamorphosis) at concentrations ranging from 50 – 250 ng ml-1 (0.13 – 0.65 µM). This suggests a great potential for the use
Jennifer M. Sneed +6 more
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Antibiotic Treatment Ameliorates the Impact of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) on Coral Communities [PDF]
, 2022 Stony coral tissue loss disease has spread widely in the Caribbean and causes substantial changes to coral community composition because of its broad host range and high fatality rate.
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