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Effectiveness of topical antibiotics in treating corals affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Since 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has led to mass mortality of the majority of hard coral species on the Florida Reef Tract. Following the successful treatment of SCTLD lesions on laboratory corals using water dosed with antibiotics ...
Karen L. Neely, Kevin A. Macaulay, Emily K. Hower, Michelle A. Dobler   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Montastraea cavernosa corallite structure demonstrates distinct morphotypes across shallow and mesophotic depth zones in the Gulf of Mexico [PDF]

PLOS ONE, 2018
AbstractThis study assessed morphological variation of the depth-generalist coralMontastraea cavernosaacross shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) using thirteen corallite metrics. While corallite structure differed significantly across sites, we observed that mean corallite diameters were smaller and spacing was greater ...
Michael S. Studivan, Gillian Milstein, Joshua D. Voss   +2 more
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Examining the Effect of Heat Stress on Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus 1767) from a Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem (MCE) [PDF]

Water, 2020
Coral reefs are under increasing pressure from global warming. Little knowledge, however, exists regarding heat induced stress on deeper mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs). Here, we examined the effect of acute (72 h) and chronic (480 h) heat stress on the host coral Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus 1767) collected from an upper MCE (~30 m) in Florida ...
John Skutnik, Sango Otieno, Sok Kean Khoo, Kevin B. Strychar   +3 more
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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Induced sexual reproduction ex situ reveals bidirectional sex change of the coral Montastraea cavernosa [PDF]

Coral Reefs
Krista V. Laforest, Chelsea Petrik, Ashlee A. Hylton, Rachel L. Ionata, E. Murphy McDonald, Morgan L. Short, Joana Figueiredo   +6 more
openalex   +2 more sources

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

Status of coral reefs of Little Cayman, Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, British West Indies in 1999 and 2000. (Part 1: Stony corals and algae) [PDF]

, 2003
A benthic assessment of the isolated Cayman Islands was completed at 42 sites. Major changes in the reef community structure were documented by comparison with earlier studies. Acropora palmata and A.
Graifman, R., Hall, J.L., Manfrino, C., Reigl, B.   +3 more
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Stony coral tissue loss disease intervention with amoxicillin leads to a reversal of disease‐modulated gene expression pathways

Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 19, Page 5394-5413, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) remains an unprecedented disease outbreak due to its high mortality rate and rapid spread throughout Florida's Coral Reef and wider Caribbean. A collaborative effort is underway to evaluate strategies that mitigate the spread of SCTLD across coral colonies and reefs, including restoration of disease ...
Michael S. Studivan, Ryan J. Eckert, Erin Shilling, Nash Soderberg, Ian C. Enochs, Joshua D. Voss   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Connectivity for Proposed Expansion of a Marine Sanctuary in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico: Population Genetics

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
While there are several areas containing shallow coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), the availability of suitable reef habitat at mesophotic depths (~30–150 m) along the continental shelf margin suggests the potential for ecologically connected ...
Michael S. Studivan, Joshua D. Voss
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring functional redundancy using generalized Hill numbers

Functional Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 1304-1314, May 2023., 2023
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract A number of metrics for quantifying the amount of functional redundancy in a community have been proposed over the years. Two of the most popular metrics are based on comparing a taxonomic diversity measure with a generalized form of the same measure that accounts for ...
Daniel G. Dick
wiley   +1 more source