Testing methods to mitigate Caribbean yellow-band disease on Orbicella faveolata [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Outbreaks of coral diseases continue to reduce global coral populations. In the Caribbean, yellow band is a severe and wide-spread disease that commonly affects corals of the Orbicella spp.
Carly J. Randall +6 more
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Intersection of coral molecular responses to a localized mortality event and ex situ deoxygenation [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIn July 2016, East Bank of Flower Garden Banks (FGB) National Marine Sanctuary experienced a localized mortality event (LME) of multiple invertebrate species that ultimately led to reductions in coral cover.
Marie E. Strader +5 more
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Building heat-resilient Caribbean reefs: integrating thermal thresholds and coral colonies selection in restoration [PDF]
PeerJCaribbean reefs face increasingly frequent and intense bleaching events, adding to the numerous other threats impacting these ecosystems. Addressing these challenges requires global action to reduce climate drivers, along with local efforts like reef ...
Macarena Blanco Pimentel +4 more
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Corals regulate the distribution and abundance of Symbiodiniaceae and biomolecules in response to changing water depth and sea surface temperature [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The Scleractinian corals Orbicella annularis and O. faveolata have survived by acclimatizing to environmental changes in water depth and sea surface temperature (SST).
Mayandi Sivaguru +8 more
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Low regeneration of lesions produced by coring in Orbicella faveolata [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The extraction of tissue-skeleton cores from coral colonies is a common procedure to study diverse aspects of their biology, water quality or to obtain environmental proxies.
Rosa E. Rodríguez-Martínez +2 more
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Acute toxicity of arsenate and arsenite in two scleractinian coral species: Acropora cervicornis and Orbicella faveolata [PDF]
Toxicology ReportsInorganic arsenic, specifically arsenate [As(V)] and arsenite [As(III)], disrupts physiological and biochemical processes in marine organisms, yet their specific impacts on coral reef species remain largely unstudied.
Cailey E. Dorman +4 more
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Seasonal Proteome Variations in Orbicella faveolata Reveal Molecular Thermal Stress Adaptations [PDF]
ProteomesAlthough seasonal water temperatures typically fluctuate by less than 4 °C across most tropical reefs, sustained heat stress with an increase of even 1 °C can alter and destabilize metabolic and physiological coral functions, leading to losses of coral ...
Martha Ricaurte +4 more
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Three-Dimensional Molecular Cartography of the Caribbean Reef-Building Coral Orbicella faveolata [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 All organisms host a diversity of associated viruses, bacteria, and protists, collectively defined as the holobiont. While scientific advancements have enhanced the understanding of the functional roles played by various components of the holobiont ...
Mark Little +30 more
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Revealing the status of Orbicella: Main reef-builder of Morrocoy National Park and Cuare Wildlife Refuge, Venezuela, Southern Caribbean. [PDF]
PLoS ONEReef-building corals are the main basis of coral reef ecosystems, and the Orbicella genus is currently the most important in the Caribbean region. Although Orbicella species have been extensively studied, gaps in some southern Caribbean areas still ...
Anaurora Yranzo-Duque +9 more
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Quantifying cryptic Symbiodinium diversity within Orbicella faveolata and Orbicella franksi at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 The genetic composition of the resident Symbiodinium endosymbionts can strongly modulate the physiological performance of reef-building corals. Here, we used quantitative metabarcoding to investigate Symbiodinium genetic diversity in two species of ...
Elizabeth A. Green +3 more
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