Benthic community dynamics and stony coral demographics in Florida in relation to acute disturbances and chronic pressures [PDF]
, 2022 The persistence of coral reef communities is threatened by a suite of pressures operating at varying spatial and temporal scales. In general, acute disturbances (short term stochastic events such as marine heatwaves or hurricanes) and chronic pressures ...
Jones, Nicholas P
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Broadscale coral disease interventions elicit efficiencies in endemic disease response [PDF]
The presence and abundance of reef-building corals are crucial to the long-term existence of Caribbean coral reef ecosystems, providing both direct and indirect, local and global, ecological, economic, and social benefits.
Buckley, Samantha F. +4 more
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Addition and subtraction: Coral reproduction and disease in a changing ocean [PDF]
Marine diseases are changing the landscapes of coral reefs particularly throughout the Western Atlantic. Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) swept through this region impacting at least 22 stony coral species.
Rossin, Ashley
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Prioritizing the largest, oldest corals for disease intervention in a coral disease-ravaged area: Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area. [PDF]
, 2020 Coral diseases appear to be more devastating than ever before. When a virulent disease ravages a coral ecosystem, it can significantly change the population’s demographics and cause local extinctions. Disease intervention response during such an event is
Brunelle, Alysha
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Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event. [PDF]
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Impacts of stony coral tissue loss disease on the persistence of Caribbean cleaner gobies
Frontiers in Marine ScienceBecause they serve as the main architects of coral reefs, the distribution and abundance of stony coral species have major impacts on other associated community members. Thus, coral diseases can have significant cascading effects throughout the ecosystem.
Kayla A. Budd +7 more
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Plan para el estudio de la epizootiología de corales: guía para la evaluación, seguimiento y manejo preventivo de enfermedades y blanqueamiento de coral en la República Dominicana [PDF]
, 2020 [Español] Con la intención de generar información científica que permita conocer la exposición potencial y prevalencia de enfermedades coralinas, y contribuir a la implementación de acciones efectivas de manejo del ecosistema arrecifal, se ha ...
Comisión sobre Enfermedades de Coral de la Red Arrecifal Dominicana
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209-High Microbial Infection Prevalence on Corals Jeopardizes Reef Health around San Salvador Island, The Bahamas. [PDF]
Coral reefs host some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, sustaining thousands of species of corals, fish, crustaceans, and other marine organisms.
Ford, Micah
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Unveiling a coral disease dynamics: SCTLD's propagation into the US Virgin Islands reefs
In the Caribbean, coral reefs face unprecedented challenges, with the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) emerging as a predominant threat since 2014. This disease, exacerbated by factors such as extreme bleaching events, hurricane-induced physical damage, and coastal pollution, has led to substantial declines in Caribbean coral populations ...
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Spatiotemporal Patterns in Orbicella Faveolata Wound Regeneration as an Indicator of Colony Health [PDF]
Anthropogenic (e.g. damage from anchors, scuba divers, tissue sampling) and natural disturbances (e.g. predation, storm damage) can result in wounding of live tissue on coral colonies.
Wheeler, Alexander G
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