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Mercury in the Southwestern Atlantic reef-building coral Montastraea cavernosa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)

Chemosphere
Coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs, are particularly vulnerable to mercury contamination due to direct contact with terrestrial sources. Here, we evaluated, for the first time, the concentration of mercury in coral reefs in the Southwestern Atlantic using the amphi-atlantic scleractinian coral Montastraea cavernosa.
Natália Menezes   +6 more
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Deepwater broadcast spawning by Montastraea cavernosa, Montastraea franksi, and Diploria strigosa at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico

Coral Reefs, 2006
Broadcast spawning by corals is a tightly synchronized process characterized by co-ordinated gamete release within 30–60 min time windows once per year. In shallow water corals, annual water temperature cycles set the month, lunar periodicity the day, and sunset time the hour of spawning.
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Transcriptomic plasticity of mesophotic corals among natural populations and transplants ofMontastraea cavernosain the Gulf of Mexico and Belize

Molecular Ecology, 2020
AbstractWhile physiological responses to low‐light environments have been studied among corals on mesophotic coral ecosystems worldwide (MCEs; 30–150 m), the mechanisms behind acclimatization and adaptation to depth are not well understood for most coral species.
Michael S. Studivan, Joshua D. Voss
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Population connectivity among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa corals in the Gulf of Mexico identifies potential for refugia

Coral Reefs, 2018
Successful management of spatially isolated coral reefs is contingent on an understanding of ecological connections across populations. To investigate genetic connectivity of the depth-generalist coral species Montastraea cavernosa, populations from both shallow (15–30 m) and mesophotic coral ecosystems (30–70 m) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) were ...
Michael S Studivan, Joshua D Voss
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Polymorphism in a common Atlantic reef coral (Montastraea cavernosa) and its long-term evolutionary implications

Evolutionary Ecology, 2011
Recent advances in morphometrics and genetics have led to the discovery of numerous cryptic species in coral reef ecosystems. A prime example is the Montastraea annularis scleractinian coral species complex, in which morphological, genetic, and reproductive data concur on species boundaries, allowing evaluation of long-term patterns of speciation and ...
Budd, Ann F.   +3 more
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Sex-related differences in the sclerochronology of the reef-building coral Montastraea cavernosa: the effect of the growth strategy

Marine Biology, 2018
To investigate sex-related differences in the skeleton of the reef-building coral Montastraea cavernosa, a gonochoric broadcaster species with an annual cycle of gametogenesis, we collected six colonies during the reproductive season. Sex was determined by histological techniques and sclerochronological characteristics of digital X-ray images.
Mónica Cecilia Mozqueda-Torres   +4 more
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Differential protein abundance during the first month of regeneration of the Caribbean star coral Montastraea cavernosa

Coral Reefs, 2018
It is critical to determine the methods by which coral colonies regenerate tissue lost to physical injury as they provide the physical structure of coral reef systems. To explore regeneration, circular lesions (12 mm diameter × 3 mm depth) were created in the fall of 2014 on 124 Montastraea cavernosa colonies located in the coastal waters of Grenada ...
Ryan A. Horricks   +4 more
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Sr/Ca-temperature calibration for the coral Montastraea cavernosa

Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2023
N.S. Pereira   +7 more
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Interannual health status stability of the reef-building coral Montastraea cavernosa in a Southwestern Atlantic marginal reef

Marine Environmental Research
Severe coral mortality after bleaching is well documented in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean, but in the marginal Southwestern Atlantic, corals often exhibit lower post-bleaching mortality and high recovery following temperature anomalies. Understanding how these corals respond to environmental fluctuations can provide insights into their resilience ...
Edson A. Vieira, Guilherme O. Longo
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White but not bleached: photophysiological evidence from white Montastraea cavernosa reveals potential overestimation of coral bleaching

Marine Biology, 2015
Climate change and other types of environmental stress are known to increase corals’ vulnerability to bleaching, a process whereby colonies lose their colour either due to the loss of photosynthetic symbionts or their pigments. Although bleaching leaves the coral skeleton visible under its transparent tissue, not all white coral colonies display this ...
Cruz, Igor C. S.   +8 more
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