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Larval dispersal patterns and connectivity of Acropora on Florida’s Coral Reef and its implications for restoration

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, Antoine Saint-Amand, Brian K. Walker, Emmanuel Hanert, Emmanuel Hanert, Joana Figueiredo   +5 more
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Impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) on Coral Community Structure at an Inshore Patch Reef of the Upper Florida Keys Using Photomosaics

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Since the appearance of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) on reefs off Miami in 2014, this unprecedented outbreak has spread across the entirety of Florida’s coral reef tract, as well as to many territories throughout the Caribbean.
Graham Kolodziej, Graham Kolodziej, Michael S. Studivan, Michael S. Studivan, Arthur C. R. Gleason, Chris Langdon, Ian C. Enochs, Derek P. Manzello   +7 more
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Stony coral tissue loss disease accelerated shifts in coral composition and declines in reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Outbreaks of coral disease have been a dominant force shaping western Atlantic coral-reef assemblages since the late 1970s. Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is nonetheless having an unprecedented impact in the region. Whereas numerous studies over
Lauren T. Toth, Travis A. Courtney, Michael A. Colella, Rob R. Ruzicka   +3 more
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Heterotrophy, microbiome, and location effects on restoration efficacy of the threatened coral Acropora palmata

Communications Earth & Environment, 2023
The iconic and threatened Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata, is an essential reef-ecosystem engineer. Understanding the processes underpinning this coral’s survival and growth is essential to restoring this foundational species.
Leila Chapron, Ilsa B. Kuffner, Dustin W. Kemp, Ann M. Hulver, Elise F. Keister, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Lucy A. Bartlett, Erin O. Lyons, Andréa G. Grottoli   +8 more
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Bacterial Metabolic Potential and Micro-Eukaryotes Enriched in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Lesions

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The epizootic disease outbreak known as stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is arguably the most devastating coral disease in recorded history. SCTLD emerged off the coast of South Florida in 2014 and has since moved into the Caribbean, resulting in ...
Stephanie M. Rosales, Stephanie M. Rosales, Lindsay K. Huebner, Abigail S. Clark, Ryan McMinds, Rob R. Ruzicka, Erinn M. Muller   +6 more
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An Informational Guide to Common Stony Corals of Florida

EDIS, 2018
The following information is meant to be a guide to Scleractinian (stony) corals of Florida. All corals presented in this paper are in a protected status under Florida’s Coral Reef Protection Act and several of these species are federally protected ...
Joseph Henry, Roy P. Yanong, Maia McGuire, Joshua T. Patterson   +3 more
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Fine Scale Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak Within the Lower Florida Keys

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
One of the latest threats to Florida’s Coral Reef is the stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak which affects all but a few Caribbean scleractinian species and has spread throughout the Caribbean since 2014. Without a known pathogen, ecological
Sara D. Williams, Cory S. Walter, Erinn M. Muller   +2 more
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Symbiont composition and coral genotype determines massive coral species performance under end-of-century climate scenarios

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The recent decline of coral health and substantial loss of coral cover along Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR) results from local stressors such as degraded water quality and disease outbreaks in addition to anthropogenically driven global stressors including ...
Courtney N. Klepac, Katherine R. Eaton, Katherine R. Eaton, Katherine R. Eaton, Chelsea G. Petrik, Chelsea G. Petrik, Lindsay N. Arick, Emily R. Hall, Erinn M. Muller   +8 more
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Assisted sexual reproduction of Acropora cervicornis for active restoration on Florida’s Coral Reef

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Given the rapid, global decline in the health and abundance of coral reefs, increased investments in restoration-based interventions -including asexual and sexual propagation- are being made by coral reef scientists at research institutions, but also at ...
Hanna R. Koch, Briana Matthews, Celia Leto, Cody Engelsma, Erich Bartels   +4 more
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Tissue loss disease outbreak significantly alters the Southeast Florida stony coral assemblage

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
A stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak, first widely reported in 2014 in the Southeast Florida Ecosystem Conservation Area (Coral ECA), has continued to impact stony coral communities for more than seven years.
Nicole K. Hayes, Charles J. Walton, David S. Gilliam   +2 more
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