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Composition of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microbial Communities in Waters around the Florida Reef Tract [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2021
The Florida Keys, a delicate archipelago of sub-tropical islands extending from the south-eastern tip of Florida, host the vast majority of the only coral barrier reef in the continental United States.
Peeter Laas, Kelly Ugarelli, Michael Absten, Breege Boyer, Henry Briceño, Ulrich Stingl   +5 more
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Determining the extent and characterizing coral reef habitats of the northern latitudes of the Florida Reef Tract (Martin County). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Climate change has recently been implicated in poleward shifts of many tropical species including corals; thus attention focused on higher-latitude coral communities is warranted to investigate possible range expansions and ecosystem shifts due to global
Brian K Walker, David S Gilliam
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Ocean acidification refugia of the Florida Reef Tract. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Ocean acidification (OA) is expected to reduce the calcification rates of marine organisms, yet we have little understanding of how OA will manifest within dynamic, real-world systems.
Derek P Manzello, Ian C Enochs, Nelson Melo, Dwight K Gledhill, Elizabeth M Johns   +4 more
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Niche space of corals along the Florida reef tract. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
Over the last three decades corals have declined precipitously in the Florida Keys. Their population decline has prompted restoration effort. Yet, little effort has been invested in understanding the contemporary niche spaces of coral species, which ...
Robert van Woesik, Lynnette M Roth, Elizabeth J Brown, Kelly R McCaffrey, Jacob R Roth   +4 more
doaj   +5 more sources

A revised Holocene coral sea-level database from the Florida reef tract, USA [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
The coral reefs and mangrove habitats of the south Florida region have long been used in sea-level studies for the western Atlantic because of their broad geographic extent and composition of sea-level tracking biota.
Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Bernhard M. Riegl, Lauren T. Toth   +2 more
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Environmental predictors for the restoration of a critically endangered coral, Acropora palmata, along the Florida reef tract. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The population decline and lack of natural recovery of multiple coral species along the Florida reef tract have instigated the expanding application of coral restoration and conservation efforts.
Raymond B Banister, T Shay Viehman, Stephanie Schopmeyer, Robert van Woesik   +3 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Microbial Community Shifts Associated With the Ongoing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
As many as 22 of the 45 coral species on the Florida Reef Tract are currently affected by stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). The ongoing disease outbreak was first observed in 2014 in Southeast Florida near Miami and as of early 2019 has been ...
Julie L. Meyer, Jessy Castellanos-Gell, Greta S. Aeby, Claudia C. Häse, Blake Ushijima, Blake Ushijima, Valerie J. Paul   +6 more
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Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
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.
Muller EM, Ladd MC, Karp R, Montoya-Maya PH, Kuffner IB, Baker AC, Bartels E, Bourque A, Clark AS, Cox N, D'Alessandro M, Daughtry B, Firchau B, Fix L, Gilliam D, Hesley D, Lewis C, Lirman D, Lustic C, Macauley K, Moore J, Nedimyer K, O'Neil K, Parsons KT, Smith KM, Spadaro J, Thomasson BC, Unsworth JD, Vaughan D, Miller MW.   +29 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fine-Scale Coral Connectivity Pathways in the Florida Reef Tract: Implications for Conservation and Restoration

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Connectivity between coral reefs is critical to ensure their resilience and persistence against disturbances. It is driven by ocean currents, which often have very complex patterns within reef systems.
Charles Frys, Antoine Saint-Amand, Matthieu Le Hénaff, Matthieu Le Hénaff, Joana Figueiredo, Alyson Kuba, Brian Walker, Jonathan Lambrechts, Valentin Vallaeys, David Vincent, Emmanuel Hanert, Emmanuel Hanert   +11 more
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Severe 2010 cold-water event caused unprecedented mortality to corals of the Florida reef tract and reversed previous survivorship patterns. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Coral reefs are facing increasing pressure from natural and anthropogenic stressors that have already caused significant worldwide declines.
Diego Lirman, Stephanie Schopmeyer, Derek Manzello, Lewis J Gramer, William F Precht, Frank Muller-Karger, Kenneth Banks, Brian Barnes, Erich Bartels, Amanda Bourque, James Byrne, Scott Donahue, Janice Duquesnel, Louis Fisher, David Gilliam, James Hendee, Meaghan Johnson, Kerry Maxwell, Erin McDevitt, Jamie Monty, Digna Rueda, Rob Ruzicka, Sara Thanner   +22 more
doaj   +2 more sources