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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
doaj   +1 more source

Short- and Long-Term Effectiveness of Coral Disease Treatments [PDF]

, 2021
Since 2014, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has led to large-scale mortality of over 20 coral species throughout the Florida Reef Tract. In 2019, in-water disease intervention strategies were implemented to treat affected corals.
Dobler, Michelle A., Hower, Emily K., Macaulay, Kevin A, Neely, Karen L., Shea, Colin P   +4 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
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
wiley   +1 more source

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

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fine Scale Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak Within the Lower Florida Keys

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
One of the latest threats to Florida’s Coral Reef is the stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak which affects all but a few Caribbean scleractinian species and has spread throughout the Caribbean since 2014. Without a known pathogen, ecological
Sara D. Williams, Cory S. Walter, Erinn M. Muller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stony coral tissue loss disease accelerated shifts in coral composition and declines in reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Outbreaks of coral disease have been a dominant force shaping western Atlantic coral-reef assemblages since the late 1970s. Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is nonetheless having an unprecedented impact in the region. Whereas numerous studies over
Lauren T. Toth, Travis A. Courtney, Michael A. Colella, Rob R. Ruzicka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive effort of Montastraea cavernosa across depth in the context of both climate change refugia and emergent disease [PDF]

, 2020
As coral populations on shallow reefs decline globally, mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCE) have been suggested as potential coral refugia in the face of climate changes, leading to the development of a comprehensive deep reef refugia hypothesis.
Bloomberg, Jeanne
core   +2 more sources