Contrasting patterns of connectivity among endemic and widespread fire coral species (Millepora spp.) in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic

JN De Souza, FLD Nunes, C Zilberberg, JA Sanchez… - Coral Reefs, 2017 - Springer
Fire corals are the only branching corals in the South Atlantic and provide an important
ecological role as habitat-builders in the region. With three endemic species (Millepora …

Parentage analyses identify local dispersal events and sibling aggregations in a natural population of Millepora hydrocorals, a free‐spawning marine invertebrate

CE Dubé, E Boissin, A Mercière, S Planes - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is a critical process for the persistence and productivity of marine populations. For
many reef species, there is increasing evidence that local demography and self‐recruitment …

Macroalgae and zoanthids require physical contact to harm corals in Southwestern Atlantic

AC Grillo, EA Vieira, GO Longo - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Space can be limited in reef ecosystems leading to competitive interactions among
sessile organisms. Some competitive mechanisms can require physical contact while others …

Fire coral clones demonstrate phenotypic plasticity among reef habitats

CE Dubé, E Boissin, JA Maynard… - Molecular Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Clonal populations are often characterized by reduced levels of genotypic diversity, which
can translate into lower numbers of functional phenotypes, both of which impede adaptation …

Ecology, biology and genetics of Millepora hydrocorals on coral reefs

CE Dubé, CAF Bourmaud, A Mercière… - Invertebrates …, 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reefs are one of the most productive and diverse ecosystems on Earth. However,
climate warming is occurring at an unprecedented rate and has negatively affected coral …

Genetic diversity and differentiation in reef-building Millepora species, as revealed by cross-species amplification of fifteen novel microsatellite loci

CE Dubé, S Planes, Y Zhou, V Berteaux-Lecellier… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Quantifying the genetic diversity in natural populations is crucial to address ecological and
evolutionary questions. Despite recent advances in whole-genome sequencing …

Population structure of the hydrocoral Millepora platyphylla in habitats experiencing different flow regimes in Moorea, French Polynesia

CE Dubé, A Mercière, MJA Vermeij, S Planes - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
While the fire coral Millepora platyphylla is an important component of Indo-Pacific reefs,
where it thrives in a wide range of environments, the ecological and biological processes …

Colonies of the fire coral Millepora platyphylla constitute scleractinian survival oases during Acanthaster outbreaks in French Polynesia

M Kayal, E Kayal - Marine Biodiversity, 2017 - Springer
Outbreaks of the predator crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci cause widespread
coral mortality throughout the Indo-Pacific. Identifying mediating processes that promote …

A Report on the Artificial Reef Use in Grenada, West Indies

B LeFebre, P Saye, JS Henkel - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Coral reef rehabilitation in the Caribbean is of major ecological and economic importance in
the West Indies. Local organizations in Grenada constructed a cement pyramid artificial reef …

Molecular phylogeny demonstrates the need for taxonomic reconsideration of species diversity of the hydrocoral genus Millepora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Pacific

O Takama, I Fernandez-Silva, C López, JD Reimer - Zoological science, 2018 - BioOne
Millepora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Milleporidae) spp. are distributed throughout shallow
subtropical and tropical marine environments in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean-Atlantic …