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Efecto de las condiciones lumínicas ambientales en el crecimiento del coral Orbicella faveolata en el Caribe mexicano

Ciencias Marinas
Los corales masivos del género Orbicella son organismos clave que ayudan a mantener la estructura física de los arrecifes de coral del Caribe. Sin embargo, estos arrecifes están actualmente amenazados por los cambios ambientales, como el aumento de ...
Yasmin Lorenzo-Jiménez, Gabriela Gutiérrez-Estrada, Juan P Carricart-Ganivet, JJ Adolfo Tortolero-Langarica   +3 more
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From immunity to community: A predictive trait space model for white plague disease on Caribbean reefs

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract Disease outbreaks have played important roles in structuring communities. Therefore, the ability of individuals within populations to resist disease and their corresponding immune and molecular‐scale traits may provide a basis for predicting community dynamics of ecosystems facing disease outbreaks.
Sara D. Williams, Nicholas J. MacKnight, Kelsey M. Beavers, Marilyn Brandt, Laura D. Mydlarz, Erinn M. Muller   +5 more
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Deep Amplicon Sequencing Quantitatively Detected Mixed Community Assemblages of Symbiodinium in Orbicella faveolata and Orbicella franksi [PDF]

, 2014
The taxonomic diversity of endosymbiont Symbiodinium species and the physiological contributions they confer to coral host species are challenging to assess.
Green, Elizabeth
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Illuminating Deep Reef Refugia: Horizontal and Vertical Genomic Connectivity of Seriatopora hystrix in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 10, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Shallow coral reefs are under threat from anthropogenic stress and climate change. Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), found in deeper, cooler and less impacted waters, are proposed as potential refugia or larval sources for shallow reefs. However, this hypothesis of such deep‐reef refugia is now controversial because their effectiveness is ...
Kenji Takata, Yuji Narita, Nanami Noguchi, Satoshi Nagai, Taisei Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Suyama, Frederic Sinniger, Saki Harii, Nina Yasuda   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coral biodiversity and bioconstruction in the northern sector of the Mesoamerican Reef system

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015
As the impact of anthropogenic activity and climate change continue to accelerate rates of degradation on Caribbean coral reefs, conservation and restoration faces greater challenges.
Fabian Alejandro Rodriguez-Zaragoza, Jesús Ernesto Arias González   +1 more
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Assisted recovery of tissue loss in massive corals Orbicella faveolata: an alternative conservation tool for restoring damaged colonies

Restoration Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Introduction Coral reefs, vital for marine ecosystems and human well‐being, face drastic decline due to climate change effects. In the Caribbean, global disturbances and regional water pollution exacerbate conditions, eliciting disease outbreaks that, in synergy with coral bleaching and hurricanes, cause significant damage to key reef‐building
J. J. Adolfo Tortolero‐Langarica, Gabriela Gutiérrez‐Estrada, Juan P. Carricart‐Ganivet   +2 more
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Coral Skeletal Cores as Windows Into Past Symbiodiniaceae Community Dynamics

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 11, November 2025.
Stony corals rely on their association with symbiotic algae for their growth and health. However, corals can lose these symbionts in response to heat stress and bleach, but they can also recover from bleaching and associate with new, more tolerant symbionts.
Jose F. Grillo, Vanessa Tirpitz, Jessica Reichert, Marine Canesi, Stéphanie Reynaud, Eric Douville, Maren Ziegler   +6 more
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Dating a Medieval Tsunami With Uranium‐Series Techniques on Caribbean Corals

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 19, 16 October 2025.
Abstract Uranium‐series dates from coral boulders constrain the timing of a medieval tsunami from the Puerto Rico Trench. Previously reported evidence for this tsunami includes hundreds of coral boulders that came to rest hundreds of meters inland on Anegada, British Virgin Islands.
K. Halimeda Kilbourne, Jennifer Weil‐Accardo, Nathalie Feuillet, Pierre Deschamps, Yuan‐yuan Xu, Chuan‐Chou Shen, Hailong Sun, Robert B. Halley, Brian F. Atwater   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of predator exclusion cages to enhance Orbicella faveolata micro-fragment survivorship and growth during restoration

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
As coral reefs face increasing threats from a variety of stressors, coral restoration has become an important tool to aid coral populations. A novel strategy for restoring boulder corals is microfragmentation, which may enhance coral growth by at least ...
Catherine Raker, Manuel Olmeda-Saldaña, Stacey M. Williams, Ernesto Weil, Carlos Prada   +4 more
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Thermal and Acidification Gradients Reveal Tolerance Thresholds in Pocillopora acuta Recruits

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 20, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Ocean warming and acidification are among the biggest threats to the persistence of coral reefs. Organismal stress tolerance thresholds are life stage specific, can vary across levels of biological organisation and also depend on natural environmental variability.
Jill Ashey, Federica Scucchia, Ariana S. Huffmyer, Hollie M. Putnam, Tali Mass   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source