scholarly journals Yellow band disease compromises the reproductive output of the Caribbean reef-building coral Montastraea faveolata (Anthozoa, Scleractinia)

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Weil ◽  
A Cróquer ◽  
I Urreiztieta
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Output ◽  
Yellow Band ◽  
Montastraea Faveolata ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Yellow Band Disease

scholarly journals ‘YELLOW SYNDROME’ IN SCLERACTINIAN CORALS THROUGHOUT BINTAN DISTRICT, KEPULAUAN RIAU PROVINCE, INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Ofri Johan ◽  
Agus Budianto
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Coral Disease ◽  
Causal Agent ◽  
Yellow Band ◽  
Porites Lutea ◽  
Disease Surveys ◽  
Yellow Band Disease ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Line Intercept ◽  
Pathogenic Microbe

Coral disease surveys were conducted in Bintan, Kepulauan Riau Province. The purpose was to identify the abundance of corals showing signs of Yellow Syndrome (YS) disease and to describe similar pathological signs to that of AYBD throughout Bintan District. Three belt transects (2 m x 50 m in size) were set up to determine the abundance of coral reef attacked by YS disease. Line intercept transects were used to determine the percentage of live corals in the surveyed areas. The survey showed that the YS disease syndrome attacked 8 different genera i.e. Acropora, Montipora, Porites, Pavona, Turbinaria, Favia, Platygyra, and Favites. The highest attack happened at Mapur Island (0.06 kol/m2) on Porites lutea, Turbinaria peltata, T. mesenterina, Acropora bruggemanni, and Pavona frondifera. The survey also indicated that there may have been at least two types of YS i.e. the first type caused by a boring and/or over-growing sponge species and the second type caused by a kind of pathogenic microbe. Regardless the causal agent of YS, the severity of YS attack on coral urged immediate action to be undertaken and should include initial microscopic and histology examinations. Based on this initial microscopic and histology examinations it was found out that YS bears a close resemblance to the Arabian Yellow Band Disease. This study, however, argued that the word “disease” may have been incorrectly used without identifying a specific causal agent.

scholarly journals Late Cenozoic turnover in the Caribbean reef coral fauna

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 43-43
Author(s):  
Ann F. Budd ◽  
Thomas A. Stemann ◽  
Kenneth G. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Reef Coral ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Late Pliocene ◽  
Early Pliocene ◽  
Coral Fauna ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Faunal Distribution

Study of the stratigraphic ranges of reef coral species in scattered sequences (Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Florida) suggests that a major episode of faunal turnover occurred in the Caribbean region between early Pliocene and mid Pleistocene time. In a data set composed of all reef corals except the families Mussidae and Oculinidae and the genera Cladocora and Madracis, approximately 90% of the Mio-Pliocene fauna, composed of as many as 65–70 species, became extinct during this time interval. Ten of 27 genera became extinct. Despite the high numbers of extinctions, the total number of species in the Caribbean reef coral fauna dropped only slightly over the time interval, due to similar numbers of originations and extinctions in the fauna. With one possible exception, new species arose in surviving genera, and no new genera formed.Although similar numbers of species became extinct within early Pliocene, late Pliocene, and early Pleistocene time units, shallow water communities experienced higher numbers of extinctions during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. Deeper water communities experienced higher numbers of extinctions during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene. Species surviving the turnover episode occur in deeper water communities and belong predominantly to the family Agariciidae. Nearshore grass flat communities contain the highest number of early extinctions. No difference in extinction patterns could be detected between taxa which reproduce primarily by fragmentation and those that reproduce primarily by larval recruitment. Although originations appear evenly distributed among community types, a large number occur in Florida along the northern margin of faunal distribution.The increased extinctions in shallow water communities and increased originations in the north suggest that turnover occurred primarily in response to change in abiotic factors such as temperature and siltation, and not in response to species-area effects associated with sea level change.

scholarly journals CHEMICAL ACTIVATION OF FEEDING IN THE CARIBBEAN REEF-BUILDING CORALMONTASTREA CAVERNOSA

1973 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN T. LEHMAN ◽  
JAMES W. PORTER
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Activation ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals Coral transcriptome and bacterial community profiles reveal distinct Yellow Band Disease states in Orbicella faveolata

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2411-2422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collin J Closek ◽  
Shinichi Sunagawa ◽  
Michael K DeSalvo ◽  
Yvette M Piceno ◽  
Todd Z DeSantis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Yellow Band ◽  
Disease States ◽  
Orbicella Faveolata ◽  
Yellow Band Disease

The effects of Biorock-associated electric fields on the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) and the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcella P. Uchoa ◽  
Craig P. O’Connell ◽  
Thomas J. Goreau
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Direct Current ◽  
Reef Shark ◽  
Reef Restoration ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
Carcharhinus Leucas ◽  
Treatment Type ◽  
Bull Shark ◽  
The Caribbean

Healthy coral reefs are biologically diverse and provide vital ecosystem services. However, decreasing water quality and global warming are key contributors to coral reef decline, which poses substantial environmental threats. In response to this degradation, an innovative coral reef restoration technology, called Biorock, utilizes weak direct current electric fields to cause limestone deposition on conductive materials, inevitably inducing prolific coral reef growth. Although expediting coral growth, research on how the associated electric fields may impact the behavioural patterns of teleosts and/or organisms (i.e. elasmobranchs) possessing electroreception capabilities is lacking. Therefore, we studied the behavioural responses of two shark species, the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) and multiple teleost species towards weak direct current electric fields in Bimini, Bahamas. Generalized linear mixed model analyses based on 90 trials illustrate that both the feeding and avoidance behaviors of C. leucas and C. perezi were significantly associated with treatment type, with the weak experimental electrode treatments resulting in the greatest quantity of avoidances and fewest feedings for both species. However, data analyses illustrate that teleost feeding behavior was not observably impacted by experimental treatments. Although the Biorock technology exhibits promise in coral reef restoration, the findings from this study illustrate a need for future large-scale studies assessing shark behavioral patterns around these devices, since the deterrence of apex predators may impact ecosystem balance.

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