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Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Miller MW   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Characterization of a thermally tolerant Orbicella faveolata reef in Abaco, The Bahamas

Coral Reefs, 2020
Increased ocean temperatures from anthropogenic climate change induce coral bleaching, the breakdown of symbioses between corals and photosynthetic dinoflagellates. However, some corals thrive in marginal, warm environments that exceed typical bleaching thresholds. Their survival may be mediated by specific genes within the coral host, association with
Katherine E. Parker   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Acute turbidity exposures with Port of Miami sediments impact Orbicella faveolata tissue regeneration

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023
We evaluated acute turbidity effects on a threatened coral species (Orbicella faveolata) under three short-term challenge scenarios using a Port of Miami sediment homogenate to simulate turbid conditions during dredging. For these experiments we designed a simple coral challenge test system that kept turbidity stable, without adverse effects to the ...
Lisa A, May   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Recent decade of growth and calcification of Orbicella faveolata in the Florida Keys: an inshore-offshore comparison [PDF]

open access: yesMarine Ecology - Progress Series, 2015
Coral reefs along the Florida Keys portion of the Florida Reef Tract (FRT) have undergone a dramatic decline since the 1980s. Since the 1997−1998 El Nino event, coral cover on offshore reefs of the FRT has been ≤5% and continues to decline. Mortality of the frameworkconstructing coral in the Orbicella (formerly Montastraea) annularis species complex ...
Derek P Manzello   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Prevalence and progression of macroscopic lesions in Orbicella annularis and O. faveolata on shallow fringing reefs of St. Kitts [PDF]

open access: yesDiseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2020
The endangered coralsOrbicella annularisandO. faveolataare crucial to Caribbean reefs because of their large size and contribution to reef framework. The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence and progression of macroscopically evident lesions affectingOrbicellaspp. in shallow fringing reefs in St. Kitts.
Anne Conan, Michelle M Dennis
exaly   +4 more sources

Reef‐wide and long‐term skeletal growth records of the mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) from Belize barrier and atoll reefs (Central America)

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science
Abstract Coral reefs are vulnerable marine ecosystems and reef‐building corals are especially sensitive to the impacts of environmental change. Skeletal growth records of corals (Scleractinia) can be used as archives of ecological and climatological change.
Simon Felix Zoppe
exaly   +2 more sources

Investigating the roles of transforming growth factor-beta in immune response of Orbicella faveolata, a scleractinian coral

Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2020
Symbiotic relationships range from parasitic to mutualistic, yet all endosymbionts face similar challenges, including evasion of host immunity. Many symbiotic organisms have evolved similar mechanisms to face these challenges, including manipulation of the host's transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) pathway.
Lauren E, Fuess   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Genetic differentiation in the mountainous star coral Orbicella faveolata around Cuba

Coral Reefs, 2018
Caribbean coral reefs are biodiversity-rich habitats which provide numerous ecosystem services with both ecological and economical values, but nowadays they are severely degraded. In particular, populations of the major framework-building coral Orbicella faveolata have declined sharply, and therefore, understanding how these threatened coral ...
Ulmo-Díaz, Gabriela   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

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