Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Black band is a deadly coral disease found worldwide, which may become more virulent as oceanic conditions continue to change. To determine the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on black band disease virulence, Orbicella faveolata corals ...
Erinn M Müller +2 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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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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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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Sediment source and dose influence the larval performance of the threatened coral Orbicella faveolata. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The effects of turbidity and sedimentation stress on early life stages of corals are poorly understood, particularly in Atlantic species. Dredging operations, beach nourishment, and other coastal construction activities can increase sedimentation and ...
Xaymara M Serrano +6 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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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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Evaluating the effect of amoxicillin treatment on the microbiome of Orbicella faveolata with Caribbean yellow band disease [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyHost microbiomes play a key role in coral disease dynamics; thus, it is essential to characterize microbial communities of diseased tissues and identify how they are altered by potential treatments, especially as coral reef populations continue to ...
Alexi S. Pearson-Lund +6 more
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Sclerochronological characteristics of Orbicella faveolata in Cayo Arenas, a remote coral reef from the Gulf of Mexico [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 During coral calcification in massive scleractinian corals, a double annual banding of different densities (high- and low-density) is formed in their skeletons, which can provide a retrospective record of growth and the influence of environmental conditions on the coral’s lifespan. Evidence indicates that during the last decades, the reduction in coral
D. Wendoline Sánchez-Pelcastre +4 more
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Coral transcriptome and bacterial community profiles reveal distinct Yellow Band Disease states inOrbicella faveolata [PDF]
ISME Journal, 2014 AbstractCoral diseases impact reefs globally. Although we continue to describe diseases, little is known about the etiology or progression of even the most common cases. To examine a spectrum of coral health and determine factors of disease progression we examined Orbicella faveolata exhibiting signs of Yellow Band Disease (YBD), a widespread condition
Collin J Closek +2 more
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