Environmental predictors for the restoration of a critically endangered coral, Acropora palmata, along the Florida reef tract. [PDF]
PLoS OneThe 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. Few studies, however, have determined the optimal locations for the survival of outplanted coral colonies from restoration nurseries.
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Since 2014, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has contributed to substantial declines of reef-building corals in Florida. The emergence of this disease, which impacts over 20 scleractinian coral species, has generated a need for widespread reef ...
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Shotgun Proteomic Analysis of Thermally Challenged Reef Corals
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Although coral reef ecosystems across the globe are in decline due to climate change and other anthropogenic stressors, certain inshore reefs of the Upper Florida Keys reef tract have persisted, with some even thriving, under marginalized conditions.
Anderson B. Mayfield +8 more
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Reconstruction of nitrogen sources on coral reefs: d15N and d13C in gorgonians from Florida Reef Tract [PDF]
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2005 The gorgonians Plexaura spp. occur throughout the Florida Reef Tract, and lay down annual bands of a tough protein, gorgonin, in their skeletons. We analyzed stable isotopes of nitrogen (δ 15 N) and carbon (δ 13 C) from individual annual bands in skeletons of Plexaura homomalla and P.
CA Ward-Paige, MJ Risk, OA Sherwood
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Metabolomics of Healthy and Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Affected Montastraea cavernosa Corals
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Stony coral tissue loss disease, first observed in Florida in 2014, has now spread along the entire Florida Reef Tract and on reefs in many Caribbean countries.
Jessica M. Deutsch +9 more
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Reef Structure of the Florida Reef Tract 2005-2020
, 2023 Abstract Shallow-water coral reefs of the Florida Reef Tract comprise 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.
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Deep water macroalgal communities adjacent to the Florida Keys reef tract [PDF]
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2008 A combination of remotely operated vehicle and SCUBA dives at 40 to 80 m depth seaward of the Florida Keys reef tract revealed extensive areas of the seafloor dominated by communities of large benthic macroalgae. Macroalgal cover exceeded 80% in many areas where the substratum was dominated by coral and shell fragments and calcareous cobbles ...
JJ Leichter, MD Stokes, SJ Genovese
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Will the Florida Big Bend Area Become the Next Gulf of Mexico Reef Tract? [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Bradley T. Furman +2 more
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Hurricane Irma Linked to Coral Skeletal Density Shifts on the Florida Keys Reef Tract. [PDF]
Integr Comp BiolSynopsis Coral reefs are at risk due to various global and local anthropogenic stressors that impact the health of reef ecosystems worldwide. The most recent climate models predict that climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of tropical storms.
Aliyah G, Jose SG, Karl C.
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Saving the Last Unicorns: The Genetic Rescue of Florida’s Pillar Corals
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 As stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) swept through the Florida Reef Tract, one of the most severely impacted species was the iconic pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus.
Karen L. Neely +8 more
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