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Fish predation hinders the success of coral restoration efforts using fragmented massive corals [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
As coral reefs continue to decline globally, coral restoration practitioners have explored various approaches to return coral cover and diversity to decimated reefs.
Gammon Koval, Nicolas Rivas, Martine D’Alessandro, Dalton Hesley, Rolando Santos, Diego Lirman   +5 more
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Mechanisms and potential immune tradeoffs of accelerated coral growth induced by microfragmentation [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Microfragmentation is the act of cutting corals into small pieces (~1 cm2) to accelerate the growth rates of corals relative to growth rates observed when maintaining larger-sized fragments. This rapid tissue and skeletal expansion technique offers great
Louis Schlecker, Christopher Page, Mikhail Matz, Rachel M. Wright   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Ecological Mechanism of Coral-Algal Phase Shifts: A Case Study of Wenchang in Hainan Province. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study selected the coral reef areas in the coastal waters of Wenchang, Hainan, China, which were significantly affected by human activities. Through four consecutive years of field investigations, the key driving factors and potential mechanisms of ecological phase shifts between corals and macroalgae were identified, thus providing a scientific ...
Lyu Y, Zhang Y, Li Y, Wang Y, Chen Z, Huang Y, Li T.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Morphological plasticity of the depth generalist coral, Montastraea cavernosa, on mesophotic reefs in Bermuda

Ecology, 2018
Morphological plasticity of the depth generalist coral, Montastraea cavernosa, on mesophotic reefs in Bermuda. 
Gretchen Goodbody‐Gringley, Justin Waletich   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Depth-Dependent Genetic Structuring of a Depth-Generalist Coral and Its Symbiodiniaceae Algal Communities at Campeche Bank, Mexico

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Depth-generalist coral holobionts inhabit shallow (0–30 m) and mesophotic (30–150 m) reef zones but may exhibit genetic specialization as a result of adaptations to environmental shifts and/or due to a lack of dispersal across depth.
Alexis B. Sturm, Ryan J. Eckert, Ashley M. Carreiro, Nuno Simões, Nuno Simões, Nuno Simões, Joshua D. Voss   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of future climate on coral-coral competition.

PLoS ONE, 2020
As carbon dioxide (CO2) levels increase, coral reefs and other marine systems will be affected by the joint stressors of ocean acidification (OA) and warming.
Nicole K Johnston, Justin E Campbell, Valerie J Paul, Mark E Hay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Demonstration of the Capability of Low-Cost Hyperspectral Imaging for the Characterisation of Coral Reefs

Oceans, 2023
The use of hyperspectral imaging in marine applications is limited, largely due to the cost-prohibitive nature of the technology and the risk of submerging such expensive electronics. Here, we examine the use of low-cost (
Jonathan Teague, John C. C. Day, Michael J. Allen, Thomas B. Scott, Eric J. Hochberg, David Megson-Smith   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
A deadly coral disease outbreak has been devastating the Florida Reef Tract since 2014. This disease, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), affects at least 22 coral species causing the progressive destruction of tissue.
Blake Ushijima, Julie L. Meyer, Sharon Thompson, Kelly Pitts, Michael F. Marusich, Jessica Tittl, Elizabeth Weatherup, Jacqueline Reu, Raquel Wetzell, Greta S. Aeby, Claudia C. Häse, Valerie J. Paul   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Intervention Treatments on Montastraea cavernosa in an Endemic Zone

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
Brian K. Walker, Nicholas R. Turner, Hunter K. G. Noren, Samantha F. Buckley, Kelly A. Pitts   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source