Modification of light utilization for skeletal growth by water flow in the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis [PDF]
, 2011 In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the importance of water flow for skeletal growth (rate) becomes higher with increasing irradiance levels (i.e.
Kranenbarg, S. +4 more
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Calcification and photosynthesis in montipora sp. (cnidaria) and corallina officinalis (rhodophyceae) [PDF]
, 2006 PhDOver half of the world's calcification is carried out by algae or by organisms which harbour them, such as coccol ithoph ores, foraminiferans, coralline seaweeds and reef-building corals.
Taubner, Isabelle
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Mg structural state in coral aragonite and implications for the paleoenvironmental proxy [PDF]
, 2008 Thermodynamic calculations and inorganic precipitation experiments indicate a relationship between aragonite Mg/Ca and water temperature. This offers a route to reconstruct seawater temperatures from fossil corals.
Finch, Adrian Anthony, Allison, Nicola
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The ancient evolutionary origins of Scleractinia revealed by azooxanthellate corals
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 Background Scleractinian corals are currently a focus of major interest because of their ecological importance and the uncertain fate of coral reefs in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressure.
Stolarski Jarosław +5 more
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Human impact on atolls leads to coral loss and community homogenisation : a modeling study [PDF]
, 2012 We explore impacts on pristine atolls subjected to anthropogenic near-field (human habitation) and far-field (climate and environmental change) pressure.
Riegl, Bernhard M. +16 more
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Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean
Diversity, 2021 A salp swarm was observed in Director’s Bay, Curaçao in July 2021, where salps were caught and consumed by three scleractinian colonial reef corals: Madracis auretenra, Locke, Weil & Coates, 2017; Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758), and Montastraea ...
Lars J. V. ter Horst, Bert W. Hoeksema
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Seawater nutrient and carbonate ion concentrations recorded as P/Ca, Ba/Ca, and U/Ca in the deep-sea coral D. dianthus [PDF]
, 2011 As paleoceanographic archives, deep sea coral skeletons offer the potential for high temporal resolution and precise absolute dating, but have not been fully investigated for geochemical reconstructions of past ocean conditions.
LaVigne, Michele +11 more
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Diversity, 2021 Despite coral community collapse, the mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) is a species currently experiencing success throughout the Caribbean. The inshore reefs of Grenada were selected to study the influence of benthic factors on the abundance ...
Ryan G. Eagleson +4 more
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Repeated loss of coloniality and symbiosis in scleractinian corals [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010 The combination of coloniality and symbiosis in Scleractinia is thought to confer competitive advantage over other benthic invertebrates, and it is likely the key factor for the dominance of corals in tropical reefs. However, the extant Scleractinia are evenly split between zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate species.
Marcos S, Barbeitos +2 more
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Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands [PDF]
, 2019 The species lists of scleractinian hard corals in Peninsular Malaysia have not been updated for 15 years. The present study aimed to determine the diversity and abundance patterns of scleractinian hard corals at twenty eight fringing reef sites along ...
Khodzori, Fikri Akmal +3 more
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