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View article: Differences in Molecular Responses to a Thermally Variable Preconditioning Treatment for Two Caribbean Coral Species
Differences in Molecular Responses to a Thermally Variable Preconditioning Treatment for Two Caribbean Coral Species Open
Coral reefs around the world are increasingly threatened by rising ocean temperatures, leading to more frequent mass bleaching events. However, some corals, typically found in more thermally variable environments, have demonstrated resilie…
View article: Alkalinity enrichment stimulates calcification and linear extension in Acropora cervicornis
Alkalinity enrichment stimulates calcification and linear extension in Acropora cervicornis Open
Environmental change, disease, and a myriad of local stressors have led to worldwide declines in coral cover, demanding that restoration efforts scale with the magnitude of the crisis. Critical to this goal is the industrial-scale propagat…
View article: Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts
Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts Open
Coral reefs form complex physical structures that can help to mitigate coastal flooding risk 1,2 . This function will be reduced by sea-level rise (SLR) and impaired reef growth caused by climate change and local anthropogenic stressors 3 …
View article: Three‐dimensional photogrammetry‐based monitoring to enhance site‐level carbonate budget assessments of coral reefs
Three‐dimensional photogrammetry‐based monitoring to enhance site‐level carbonate budget assessments of coral reefs Open
Census‐based carbonate budget assessments synthesize metrics on biologically derived carbonate production and erosion rates to generate estimates of net carbonate production (NCP). ReefBudget is a widely used in‐water carbonate budget appr…
View article: Electrochemically Induced Alkalinity Enhancement Increases Coral Growth Rates in the Local Microenvironment
Electrochemically Induced Alkalinity Enhancement Increases Coral Growth Rates in the Local Microenvironment Open
Coral reef ecosystem health is rapidly declining worldwide. Restoration strategies such as propagation and outplanting aim to recover reef function but can be hindered by slow growth rates that limit scalability, necessitating technologies…
View article: Enhancing reef carbonate budgets through coral restoration
Enhancing reef carbonate budgets through coral restoration Open
Complex reef structure, built via calcium carbonate production by stony corals and other calcifying taxa, supports key ecosystem services. However, the decline in coral cover on reefs of the Florida Reef Tract (US), caused by ocean warming…
View article: Rubble persistence under ocean acidification threatened by accelerated bioerosion and lower‐density coral skeletons
Rubble persistence under ocean acidification threatened by accelerated bioerosion and lower‐density coral skeletons Open
As the balance between erosional and constructive processes on coral reefs tilts in favor of framework loss under human‐induced local and global change, many reef habitats worldwide degrade and flatten. The resultant generation of coral ru…
View article: Sequential Treatment Application Robot (STAR) for high-replication marine experimentation
Sequential Treatment Application Robot (STAR) for high-replication marine experimentation Open
View article: Coral Reef Carbonate Chemistry Reveals Interannual, Seasonal, and Spatial Impacts on Ocean Acidification Off Florida
Coral Reef Carbonate Chemistry Reveals Interannual, Seasonal, and Spatial Impacts on Ocean Acidification Off Florida Open
Ocean acidification (OA) threatens coral reef persistence by decreasing calcification and accelerating the dissolution of reef frameworks. The carbonate chemistry of coastal areas where many reefs exist is strongly influenced by the metabo…
View article: Performance of <i>Orbicella faveolata</i> larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations
Performance of <i>Orbicella faveolata</i> larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations Open
Orbicella faveolata , commonly known as the mountainous star coral, is a dominant reef‐building species in the Caribbean, but populations have suffered sharp declines since the 1980s due to repeated bleaching and disease‐driven mortality. …
View article: Ocean acidification influences the gene expression and physiology of two Caribbean bioeroding sponges
Ocean acidification influences the gene expression and physiology of two Caribbean bioeroding sponges Open
Introduction Coral reef ecosystems are experiencing increased rates of carbonate dissolution due to losses in live coral cover coupled with the impacts of ocean acidification (OA) on coral reef calcifiers and bioeroders. While the stimulat…
View article: Performance of<i>Orbicella faveolata</i>larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations
Performance of<i>Orbicella faveolata</i>larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations Open
Orbicella faveolata , commonly known as the mountainous star coral, is a dominant reef-building species in the Caribbean, but populations have suffered sharp declines since the 1980s due to repeated bleaching and disease-driven mortality. …
View article: Coral persistence despite marginal conditions in the Port of Miami
Coral persistence despite marginal conditions in the Port of Miami Open
View article: <i>Acropora Cervicornis</i>Data Coordination Hub, an Open Access Database for Evaluating Genet Performance
<i>Acropora Cervicornis</i>Data Coordination Hub, an Open Access Database for Evaluating Genet Performance Open
Once one of the predominant reef-building corals in the region, Acropora cervicornis is now a focal species of coral restoration efforts in Florida and the western Caribbean. Scientists and restoration practitioners have been independently…
View article: Climate Change and The Persistence of Coral-Reef Development in Upwelling Zones
Climate Change and The Persistence of Coral-Reef Development in Upwelling Zones Open
Upwelling exerts a major control on coral-reef development in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP). Upwelling zones exhibit conditions that are detrimental to coral growth, such as low sea-surface temperatures and high levels of turbidity. D…
View article: Evaluating stony coral tissue loss disease intervention success through whole-transcriptome gene expression profiling
Evaluating stony coral tissue loss disease intervention success through whole-transcriptome gene expression profiling Open
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 disease i…
View article: Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico
Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico Open
East and West Flower Garden Bank (FGB) are part of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. This geographically-isolated reef system contains extensive coral communities with the highest coral…
View article: Low net carbonate accretion characterizes Florida’s coral reef
Low net carbonate accretion characterizes Florida’s coral reef Open
View article: Sea surface carbonate dynamics at reefs of Bolinao, Philippines: Seasonal variation and fish mariculture-induced forcing
Sea surface carbonate dynamics at reefs of Bolinao, Philippines: Seasonal variation and fish mariculture-induced forcing Open
Coral reefs are vulnerable to global ocean acidification (OA) and local human activities will continue to exacerbate coastal OA. In Bolinao, Philippines, intense unregulated fish mariculture has resulted in regional eutrophication. In orde…
View article: Florida's Coral Reef is Eroding
Florida's Coral Reef is Eroding Open
Coral reef habitat is created when calcium carbonate production by calcifiers exceeds removal by physical and biological erosion. Carbonate budget surveys provide a means of quantifying the framework-altering actions of diverse assemblages…
View article: Transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in simulated ballast water confirms the potential for ship-born spread
Transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in simulated ballast water confirms the potential for ship-born spread Open
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) remains an unprecedented epizootic disease, representing a substantial threat to the persistence and health of coral reef ecosystems in the Tropical Western Atlantic since its first observation near …
View article: A National Status Report on United States Coral Reefs Based on 2012–2018 Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
A National Status Report on United States Coral Reefs Based on 2012–2018 Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Open
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program supports the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) in the United States Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. NCRMP conducts standardize…
View article: Reef Sediments Can Act As a Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Vector
Reef Sediments Can Act As a Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Vector Open
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was first observed in 2014 near Virginia Key in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Field sampling, lab experiments, and modeling approaches have suggested that reef sediments may play a role in SCTLD transm…
View article: Subsurface automated samplers for eDNA (SASe) for biological monitoring and research
Subsurface automated samplers for eDNA (SASe) for biological monitoring and research Open
Sampling of environmental DNA (eDNA) in seawater is an increasingly common approach to non-invasively assess marine biodiversity, detect cryptic or invasive species, and monitor specific groups of organisms. Despite this remarkable utility…
View article: Impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) on Coral Community Structure at an Inshore Patch Reef of the Upper Florida Keys Using Photomosaics
Impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) on Coral Community Structure at an Inshore Patch Reef of the Upper Florida Keys Using Photomosaics Open
Since the appearance of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) on reefs off Miami in 2014, this unprecedented outbreak has spread across the entirety of Florida’s coral reef tract, as well as to many territories throughout the Caribbean. …
View article: Molecular Mechanisms of Coral Persistence Within Highly Urbanized Locations in the Port of Miami, Florida
Molecular Mechanisms of Coral Persistence Within Highly Urbanized Locations in the Port of Miami, Florida Open
Healthy coral communities can be found on artificial structures (concrete walls and riprap) within the Port of Miami (PoM), Florida. These communities feature an unusually high abundance of brain corals, which have almost entirely vanished…
View article: Shotgun Proteomic Analysis of Thermally Challenged Reef Corals
Shotgun Proteomic Analysis of Thermally Challenged Reef Corals Open
Although coral reef ecosystems across the globe are in decline due to climate change and other anthropogenic stressors, certain inshore reefs of the Upper Florida Keys reef tract have persisted, with some even thriving, under marginalized …
View article: Increasing coral calcification in Orbicella faveolata and Pseudodiploria strigosa at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico
Increasing coral calcification in Orbicella faveolata and Pseudodiploria strigosa at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico Open
Coral reefs are globally in decline and western Atlantic reefs have experienced the greatest losses in live coral cover of any region. The Flower Garden Banks (FGB) in the Gulf of Mexico are high-latitude, remote reefs that are an outlier …
View article: Three competitors in three dimensions: photogrammetry reveals rapid overgrowth of coral during multispecies competition with sponges and algae
Three competitors in three dimensions: photogrammetry reveals rapid overgrowth of coral during multispecies competition with sponges and algae Open
Competition for limited space is an important driver of benthic community structure on coral reefs. Studies of coral-algae and coral-sponge interactions often show competitive dominance of algae and sponges over corals, but little is known…
View article: Peer Review #2 of "The use of artificial substrate units to improve inventories of cryptic crustacean species on Caribbean coral reefs (v0.2)"
Peer Review #2 of "The use of artificial substrate units to improve inventories of cryptic crustacean species on Caribbean coral reefs (v0.2)" Open
Motile cryptofauna inhabiting coral reefs are complex assemblages that utilize the space available among dead coral stands and the surrounding coral rubble substrate.They comprise a group of organisms largely overlooked in biodiversity est…