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Rhodobacterales and Rhizobiales Are Associated With Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and Its Suspected Sources of Transmission

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
In 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) was first detected off the coast of Miami, FL, United States, and continues to persist and spread along the Florida Reef Tractr (FRT) and into the Caribbean.
Stephanie M. Rosales, Stephanie M. Rosales, Abigail S. Clark, Lindsay K. Huebner, Rob R. Ruzicka, Erinn M. Muller   +5 more
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Gene Expression Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Transmission in M. cavernosa and O. faveolata From Florida

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Since 2014, corals within Florida’s Coral Reef have been dying at an unprecedented rate due to stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). Here we describe the transcriptomic outcomes of three different SCTLD transmission experiments performed at the ...
Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Michael T. Connelly, Benjamin D. Young, Katherine Eaton, Erinn M. Muller, Valerie J. Paul, Blake Ushijima, Allyson DeMerlis, Allyson DeMerlis, Melissa K. Drown, Ashley Goncalves, Ashley Goncalves, Nicholas Kron, Grace A. Snyder, Cecily Martin, Kevin Rodriguez   +15 more
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Effectiveness of topical antibiotics in treating corals affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Since 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has led to mass mortality of the majority of hard coral species on the Florida Reef Tract. Following the successful treatment of SCTLD lesions on laboratory corals using water dosed with antibiotics ...
Karen L. Neely, Kevin A. Macaulay, Emily K. Hower, Michelle A. Dobler   +3 more
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The past, present, and future of coral reef growth in the Florida Keys

Global Change Biology, Volume 28, Issue 17, Page 5294-5309, September 2022., 2022
We used carbonate budgets to reconstruct reef‐accretion potential at 46 reefs throughout the Florida Keys from 1996–2019. Whereas in 1996 many reefs grew at rates comparable with millennial‐scale baselines from reef cores, over the next two decades, thermal stress drove substantial losses of reef‐building corals.
Lauren T. Toth, Travis A. Courtney, Michael A. Colella, Selena A. Kupfner Johnson, Robert R. Ruzicka   +4 more
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Prevalence of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease at El Seco, a Mesophotic Reef System off Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are ecologically and functionally vital, as they are Essential Fish Habitats that function as refugia for corals and sponges of shallow-water reefs.
Stacey M. Williams, Jorge García-Sais, Jorge Sabater-Clavell   +2 more
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Exploring microbiome engineering as a strategy for improved thermal tolerance in Exaiptasia diaphana

Journal of Applied Microbiology, Volume 132, Issue 4, Page 2940-2956, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Aims Fourteen percent of all living coral, equivalent to more than all the coral on the Great Barrier Reef, has died in the past decade as a result of climate change‐driven bleaching. Inspired by the ‘oxidative stress theory of coral bleaching’, we investigated whether a bacterial consortium designed to scavenge free radicals could integrate ...
Ashley M. Dungan, Leon M. Hartman, Linda L. Blackall, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial Metabolic Potential and Micro-Eukaryotes Enriched in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Lesions

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The epizootic disease outbreak known as stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is arguably the most devastating coral disease in recorded history. SCTLD emerged off the coast of South Florida in 2014 and has since moved into the Caribbean, resulting in ...
Stephanie M. Rosales, Stephanie M. Rosales, Lindsay K. Huebner, Abigail S. Clark, Ryan McMinds, Rob R. Ruzicka, Erinn M. Muller   +6 more
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Discovery of Genetically Distinct, Sympatric Coral Lineages With Temporal but Not Gametic Reproductive Isolation. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Coral species abundance and biodiversity estimates are typically based on colony macromorphology. However, such measurements often underestimate the true diversity within coral communities because morphology does not necessarily reflect behavioral or genetic divergence. We previously reported on the unusual spawning behavior of the brain coral
Chamberland VF, Gómez-Corrales M, Marhaver KL, Bongaerts P, Latijnhouwers KRW, Vergara-Flórez DC, Snowden S, Sánchez JA, Vermeij MJA.   +8 more
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Viral-Like Particles Are Associated With Endosymbiont Pathology in Florida Corals Affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was first documented in 2014 near the Port of Miami, Florida, and has since spread north and south along Florida’s Coral Reef, killing large numbers of more than 20 species of coral and leading to the functional ...
Thierry M. Work, Tina M. Weatherby, Jan H. Landsberg, Yasunari Kiryu, Samantha M. Cook, Esther C. Peters   +5 more
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Habitat quality effects on the abundance of a coral-dwelling fish across spatial scales. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Coral‐dwelling fishes are expected to be negatively affected by reef degradation, but the factors underlying this relationship are poorly understood. We showed that the functionally important cleaner fish Elacatinus evelynae is affected by habitat quality metrics across spatial scales, requiring large, healthy coral heads and preferring a subset of ...
Fahim H, Naaykens T, D'Aloia CC.
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