Tissue loss disease outbreak significantly alters the Southeast Florida stony coral assemblage

NK Hayes, CJ Walton, DS Gilliam - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak, first widely reported in 2014 in the
Southeast Florida Ecosystem Conservation Area (Coral ECA), has continued to impact stony …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature and local anthropogenic pressures limit stony coral assemblage viability in southeast Florida

NP Jones, DS Gilliam - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is viewed as the primary threat to coral reefs, with local pressures
exacerbating coral cover decline. The consensus is that improving water quality may …

High incidence of partial colony mortality constrains realized growth for three coral species in southeast Florida

NP Jones, MS Pratchett, RJ Milligan… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2023 - int-res.com
Coral colony growth rates are a key demographic trait which can reveal fundamental
changes in population health and resilience. With changing environmental conditions …

Turbidity buffers coral bleaching under extreme wind and rainfall conditions

CC Lucas, IC Lima, TM Garcia, TCL Tavares… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coral reefs in turbid waters have been hypothesized to be a refuge from climate change.
These naturally occurring communities were brought into the spotlight because some of their …

The hidden dynamics of low coral cover communities

PJ Edmunds - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
The coral reef crisis has resulted in many reefs stabilizing in a low coral cover state, and this
condition is exemplified by the fringing reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, where coral …

Two threatened Caribbean coral species have contrasting responses to combined temperature and acidification stress

C Langdon, R Albright, AC Baker… - Limnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing evidence that different coral species and algal symbionts (Symbiodinium
spp.) can vary greatly in their response to rising temperatures and also ocean acidification …

Contrasting reproductive strategies between stress-tolerant and competitive coral taxa

KG Bonilla, JR Guest, MV Baria-Rodriguez - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Reproductive traits such as fecundity (ie, the number of gametes produced) and the size and
age of coral colonies at reproductive onset can vary in predictable ways among life history …

Assessing the resilience of coral reefs against macroalgae invasion in the Sempu Island Nature Reserve, Malang District, Indonesia

A ISDIANTO, PD YORARIZKA, D ALIVIYANTI… - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2024 - smujo.id
Isdianto A, Yorarizka PD, Aliviyanti D, Sari SHJ, Yanuar AT, Asadi MA, Setyanto A, Bintoro G,
Lelono TD, Atikawati D, Fathah AL, Putri BM, Supriyadi, Luthfi OM. 2024. Assessing the …

Benthic community dynamics and stony coral demographics in florida in relation to acute disturbances and chronic pressures

NP Jones - 2022 - search.proquest.com
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 …

Siderastrea siderea spawning and oocyte resorption at high latitude

AT St. Gelais, A Chaves-Fonnegra… - Invertebrate …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract At high latitudes (> 25°), sexual reproduction and the maintenance of coral
populations can be impaired by marginal environmental conditions. However, little is known …