Predicted Shifts in the Distributions of Atlantic Reef-Building Corals in the Face of Climate Change [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Many species drive the diversity of ecosystems by adding structural complexity to the environment. In coral reefs, stony corals act as habitat-forming species, increasing niche availability for other organisms.
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Optimizing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Intervention Treatments on Montastraea cavernosa in an Endemic Zone [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has persisted since 2014 in the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area (Coral ECA) where it was first discovered. Most of the highly susceptible corals have perished, leaving Montastraea cavernosa
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Metabolomics of healthy and stony coral tissue loss disease affected Montastraea cavernosa corals [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 AbstractStony 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. The disease affects a variety of coral species with differential outcomes, and in many instances results in whole-colony mortality.
Jessica M. Deutsch +7 more
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Bacterial and Symbiodiniaceae communities’ variation in corals with distinct traits and geographical distribution [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCoral microbiomes play crucial roles in holobiont homeostasis and adaptation. The host’s ability to populate broad ecological niches and to cope with environmental changes seems to be related to the flexibility of the coral microbiome.
Livia Bonetti Villela +11 more
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Population genetic structure of the great star coral, Montastraea cavernosa, across the Cuban archipelago with comparisons between microsatellite and SNP markers. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Sturm AB +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Coral reefs at the northern extent of Florida’s coral reef tract are exposed to many localized anthropogenic influences including controlled freshwater discharges, runoff, upwelling, and seasonal environmental variability.
Michael S. Studivan +7 more
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Machine learning reveals distinct gene expression signatures across tissue states in stony coral tissue loss disease [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceStony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has rapidly degraded Caribbean reefs, compounding climate-related stressors and threatening ecosystem stability.
Kelsey M. Beavers +6 more
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Sr/Ca-temperature calibration for the coral Montastraea cavernosa
Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2023 Natan Silva Pereira +7 more
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An Experimental Histopathological Rating Scale of Sedimentation Stress in the Caribbean Coral Montastraea cavernosa [PDF]
, 2006 Colonies of Montastraea cavernosa were exposed to daily applications of approx. 200–225 mg cm– 2 sediments, during a four-week period, in order to investigate coral responses to increased sedimentation.
Dodge, Richard E. +3 more
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Symbiont shuffling induces differential DNA methylation responses to thermal stress in the coral Montastraea cavernosa [PDF]
Molecular Ecology, 2021 AbstractAlgal symbiont shuffling in favour of more thermotolerant species has been shown to enhance coral resistance to heat‐stress. Yet, the mechanistic underpinnings and long‐term implications of these changes are poorly understood. This work studied the modifications in coral DNA methylation, an epigenetic mechanism involved in coral acclimatization,
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