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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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The Emergence and Initial Impact of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) in the United States Virgin Islands

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coral communities in the Caribbean face a new and deadly threat in the form of the highly virulent multi-host stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).
Marilyn E. Brandt, Rosmin S. Ennis, Sonora S. Meiling, Joseph Townsend, Joseph Townsend, Kathryn Cobleigh, Adam Glahn, Jason Quetel, Jason Quetel, Viktor Brandtneris, Leslie M. Henderson, Tyler B. Smith   +11 more
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The Host Coral Bleaching Response Viewed Through the Lens of Multi-Omics: Multi-Omics Provides the Tools to Understand the Complex Molecular Basis of Coral Bleaching, Which Can Aid Conservation Efforts. [PDF]

Bioessays
Coral bleaching is driven by multiple inputs, with heat stress and/or high irradiance being most important. The bleaching response is multifactorial with host animal species/strain and algal symbiont genotypes being critical features. Omics readout of heat stress responses includes gene expression, proteomics, metabolite, and SNP data with transcript ...
Bhattacharya D, Nandi S, Chille EE, Arroyo M, Stephens TG.   +4 more
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Stony coral tissue loss disease intervention with amoxicillin leads to a reversal of disease‐modulated gene expression pathways

Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 19, Page 5394-5413, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) remains an unprecedented disease outbreak due to its high mortality rate and rapid spread throughout Florida's Coral Reef and wider Caribbean. A collaborative effort is underway to evaluate strategies that mitigate the spread of SCTLD across coral colonies and reefs, including restoration of disease ...
Michael S. Studivan, Ryan J. Eckert, Erin Shilling, Nash Soderberg, Ian C. Enochs, Joshua D. Voss   +5 more
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Management responses in Belize and Honduras, as stony coral tissue loss disease expands its prevalence in the Mesoamerican reef

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has affected Caribbean coral reef colonies since it was first detected in Florida in 2014. Its rapid spread and virulent nature are a major concern to coastal nations in the Caribbean Sea.
Catherine Lee Hing, Zara Guifarro, Damaris Dueñas, Gabriela Ochoa, Alicia Nunez, Kirah Forman, Nicole Craig, Melanie McField, Melanie McField   +8 more
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Coral reef erosion: In situ measurement on different dead coral substrates on a Caribbean reef

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 67, Issue 12, Page 2734-2749, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Widespread mortality of reef‐building coral substantially reduces the capacity for reef growth and makes available extensive bare substrate areas that in the absence of coral recovery will be eroded by a variety of external and internal bioeroders.
Ana Molina‐Hernández, Francisco Medellín‐Maldonado, Ines D. Lange, Chris T. Perry, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip   +4 more
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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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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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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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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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