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Reef structure of the Florida Reef Tract for the period 2005–2020 [PDF]

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023
Abstract Shallow-water coral reefs of the Florida Reef Tract compose the third largest reef in the world, but during the last several decades, scleractinian (stony) corals have suffered unprecedented declines from global and local stressors.
William S Fisher, Fisher William S
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Environmental Drivers of Genetic Divergence in Two Corals From the Florida Keys [PDF]

Evolutionary Applications
Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves devastate coral reefs around the world, so there is great interest in finding warm‐adapted coral populations that could be used as sources for assisted gene flow and restoration.
Kristina L. Black, J. P. Rippe, Mikhail V. Matz   +2 more
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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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Enhancing reef carbonate budgets through coral restoration [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Complex reef structure, built via calcium carbonate production by stony corals and other calcifying taxa, supports key ecosystem services. However, the decline in coral cover on reefs of the Florida Reef Tract (US), caused by ocean warming, disease, and ...
Emily Esplandiu, John Morris, Ian Enochs, Nicole Besemer, Diego Lirman   +4 more
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Differences in Molecular Responses to a Thermally Variable Preconditioning Treatment for Two Caribbean Coral Species. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
ABSTRACT Coral reefs around the world are increasingly threatened by rising ocean temperatures, leading to more frequent mass bleaching events. However, some corals, typically found in more thermally variable environments, have demonstrated resilience to thermal stress.
DeMerlis A, Studivan MS, Wong K, Soderberg N, Ehrens D, Isma LM, Rosing K, Cocson KS, Thomas R, Dvorkin D, Kiel PM, Unsworth JD, D'Alessandro M, Palacio-Castro AM, Lirman D, Baker AC, Muller EM, Traylor-Knowles N, Enochs IC.   +18 more
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Repeated Thermal Stress, Shading, and Directional Selection in the Florida Reef Tract [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
Over the last three decades reef corals have been subjected to an unprecedented frequency and intensity of thermal-stress events, which have led to extensive coral bleaching, disease, and mortality.
Robert van Woesik, Kelly R. McCaffrey
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Pathogenesis of a Tissue Loss Disease Affecting Multiple Species of Corals Along the Florida Reef Tract

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
An outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), emerged on reefs off the coast of southeast Florida in 2014 and continues to spread throughout Florida’s Reef Tract.
Greta S. Aeby, Blake Ushijima, Justin E. Campbell, Scott Jones, Gareth J. Williams, Julie L. Meyer, Claudia Häse, Valerie J. Paul   +7 more
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Rapid Population Decline of the Pillar Coral Dendrogyra cylindrus Along the Florida Reef Tract [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coral reefs worldwide are in a state of decline, but the population status and impacts of stressors for rare species are generally not well documented using broad-scale monitoring protocols.
Karen L. Neely, Karen L. Neely, Cynthia L. Lewis, Cynthia L. Lewis, Kathleen S. Lunz, Kathleen S. Lunz, Lystina Kabay   +6 more
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Ranking 67 Florida Reefs for Survival of Acropora cervicornis Outplants

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Over the past three decades, coral populations have declined across the tropical and subtropical oceans because of thermal stress, coral diseases, and pollution.
Raymond B. Banister, Robert van Woesik
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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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