Coral Disease Time Series Highlight Size-Dependent Risk and Other Drivers of White Syndrome in a Multi-Species Model

Coral diseases contribute to the decline of reef communities, but factors that lead to disease are difficult to detect. In the present study, we develop a multi-species model of colony-scale risk for the class of coral diseases referred to as White Syndromes, investigating the role of current or past conditions, including both environmental stressors and biological drivers at the colony and community scales. Investigating 7 years of coral survey data at five sites in Guam we identify multiple environmental and ecological associations with White Syndrome, including a negative relationship between short-term heat stress and White Syndrome occurrence, and strong evidence of increasing size-dependent White Syndrome risk across coral species. Our findings result in a generalized model used to predict colony-scale White Syndrome risk for multiple species, highlighting the value of long-term monitoring efforts to detect drivers of coral disease.

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The role of exotic ladybeetles in the decline of native ladybeetle populations: evidence from long-term monitoring

Biological Invasions ◽

10.1007/s10530-014-0772-4 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 1005-1024 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Christine A. Bahlai ◽

Manuel Colunga-Garcia ◽

Stuart H. Gage ◽

Douglas A. Landis

Keyword(s):

Long Term Monitoring ◽

Term Monitoring

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Rapid Anthropocene realignment of allometric scaling rules

10.1101/2020.11.12.379248 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Luca Santini ◽

Nick J.B. Isaac

Keyword(s):

Global Change ◽

Population Density ◽

Allometric Scaling ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Change Scenario ◽

Anthropogenic Pressures ◽

Size Dependent ◽

Energetic Constraints ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThe negative relationship between body size and population density (SDR) in mammals is often interpreted as resulting from energetic constraints. In a global change scenario, however, this relationship might be expected to change, given the size-dependent nature of anthropogenic pressures and vulnerability to extinction. Here we test whether the SDR in mammals has changed over the last 50 years. We show that the relationship has shifted down and became shallower, corresponding to a decline in population density of 32-72%, for the largest and smallest mammals, respectively. However, the SDRs become steeper in some groups (e.g. carnivores) and shallower in others (e.g. herbivores). The Anthropocene reorganization of biotic systems is apparent in macroecological relationships that were previously believed to be immutable, reinforcing the notion that biodiversity pattens are contingent upon conditions at the time of investigation. We call for an increased attention on the role of global change on macroecological inferences.

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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Long-term monitoring for arrhythmias

JAMA ◽

10.1001/jama.222.4.449 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 222 (4) ◽

pp. 449-453 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D. M. Isaeff

Keyword(s):

White Syndrome ◽

Long Term Monitoring ◽

Term Monitoring ◽

Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome

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Introduction to this special section: The role of advanced modeling in enhanced carbon storage

The Leading Edge ◽

10.1190/tle40060408.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 40 (6) ◽

pp. 408-412

Author(s):

Josef Paffenholz

Keyword(s):

Carbon Capture ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Special Section ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Carbon Capture And Sequestration ◽

Net Zero ◽

The Cost ◽

Term Monitoring

To limit the warming of the planet to no more than a 2°C increase, models show that net-zero release of anthropomorphic CO2 must be achieved by the middle of the century. For the foreseeable future, the majority of the world's energy will still be provided by fossil fuels, so other methods, besides expanding the contribution of renewable energy, are needed in order to achieve this goal. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is one such method, without which the cost to achieve the 2°C target would more than double. To achieve this climate goal, CCS efforts must increase by approximately 100-fold from current levels within the next 20 years. Geophysical simulations on suitable geologic models will provide an important tool to streamline and accelerate the vast expansion of geophysical site characterization and long-term monitoring tasks required for industrial-scale CCS to succeed.

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Status of Coral Health and Disease in Kessilampe Waters, Kendari, South East Sulawesi

ILMU KELAUTAN Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences ◽

10.14710/ik.ijms.23.3.137-144 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 137

Author(s):

Ratna Diyah Palupi ◽

Rahmadani Rahmadani ◽

Ira Ira

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Coral Reefs ◽

Coral Disease ◽

White Spot ◽

Aquatic Animal ◽

Coral Diseases ◽

White Syndrome ◽

Health And Disease ◽

Coral Health ◽

Global Threat

Diseases of coral reef organisms have become a global threat to coral reefs and a major cause of reef deterioration. The presence of coral diseases influence marine resources productivity that interact with coral reefs. The purpose of this research is to identify coral disease types and prevalence which include coral health compromiser. Data collection was done by using 40 m2 belt transects at three observation stations. The result showed that the White Syndrome (WS), Bleaching, Ulcerative White Spot (UWS), Skeleton Eroding Band (SEB), White Patch (WP), and Non Focal Bleaching were found at research sites, while the coral health compromisers were Sediment damage, fish bite, invertebrate galls, flatworm infestation, and pigmentation response. In addition disease of White Syndrome (WS), Bleaching, and Ulcerative White Spot (UWS) were the main disease with prevalence of disease is approximately 4%, while the others were lower than 1%. Overall the prevalence of diseases (14,52%) is higher than compromise health (13,98%). A total of 186 coral colonies observed with 27 colonies were affected by diseases. Meanwhile, the waters quality (salinity, pH, and nitrate) were below the threshold quality standards for marine aquatic animal and not supported of coral organism was presume organisms against pathogens bacterial. Although the prevalence of coral disease is still in normal condition but the decrease of water quality can lead the risk. Good management is required from local government to improve the water quality especially from terrestrial impact.

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Increases and decreases in marine disease reports in an era of global change

Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.2019.1718 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 286 (1912) ◽

pp. 20191718 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Allison M. Tracy ◽

Madeline L. Pielmeier ◽

Reyn M. Yoshioka ◽

Scott F. Heron ◽

C. Drew Harvell

Keyword(s):

Marine Mammals ◽

Disease Risk ◽

Coral Disease ◽

Population Declines ◽

Coral Diseases ◽

Environmentally Sensitive ◽

Taxonomic Groups ◽

Increasing Temperature ◽

Mass Mortalities

Outbreaks of marine infectious diseases have caused widespread mass mortalities, but the lack of baseline data has precluded evaluating whether disease is increasing or decreasing in the ocean. We use an established literature proxy method from Ward and Lafferty (Ward and Lafferty 2004 PLoS Biology 2 , e120 ( doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020120 )) to analyse a 44-year global record of normalized disease reports from 1970 to 2013. Major marine hosts are combined into nine taxonomic groups, from seagrasses to marine mammals, to assess disease swings, defined as positive or negative multi-decadal shifts in disease reports across related hosts. Normalized disease reports increased significantly between 1970 and 2013 in corals and urchins, indicating positive disease swings in these environmentally sensitive ectotherms. Coral disease reports in the Caribbean correlated with increasing temperature anomalies, supporting the hypothesis that warming oceans drive infectious coral diseases. Meanwhile, disease risk may also decrease in a changing ocean. Disease reports decreased significantly in fishes and elasmobranchs, which have experienced steep human-induced population declines and diminishing population density that, while concerning, may reduce disease. The increases and decreases in disease reports across the 44-year record transcend short-term fluctuations and regional variation. Our results show that long-term changes in disease reports coincide with recent decades of widespread environmental change in the ocean.

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Monitoring of compound resting membrane potentials of cell cultures with ratiometric genetically encoded voltage indicators

Communications Biology ◽

10.1038/s42003-021-02675-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Philipp Rühl ◽

Johanna M. Langner ◽

Jasmin Reidel ◽

Roland Schönherr ◽

Toshinori Hoshi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cell Cycle Progression ◽

Ectopic Expression ◽

Resting Membrane Potential ◽

Excitable Cells ◽

Cycle Progression ◽

Cell Groups ◽

Health And Disease ◽

Term Monitoring

AbstractThe cellular resting membrane potential (Vm) not only determines electrical responsiveness of excitable cells but also plays pivotal roles in non-excitable cells, mediating membrane transport, cell-cycle progression, and tumorigenesis. Studying these processes requires estimation of Vm, ideally over long periods of time. Here, we introduce two ratiometric genetically encoded Vm indicators, rArc and rASAP, and imaging and analysis procedures for measuring differences in average resting Vm between cell groups. We investigated the influence of ectopic expression of K+ channels and their disease-causing mutations involved in Andersen-Tawil (Kir2.1) and Temple-Baraitser (KV10.1) syndrome on median resting Vm of HEK293T cells. Real-time long-term monitoring of Vm changes allowed to estimate a 40–50 min latency from induction of transcription to functional Kir2.1 channels in HEK293T cells. The presented methodology is readily implemented with standard fluorescence microscopes and offers deeper insights into the role of the resting Vm in health and disease.

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Water quality changes in south-central Ontario lakes and the role of local factors in regulating lake response to regional stressors

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f2011-041 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 68 (6) ◽

pp. 1038-1050 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Michelle E. Palmer ◽

Norman D. Yan ◽

Andrew M. Paterson ◽

Robert E. Girard

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Acidic Deposition ◽

Quality Parameters ◽

Quality Changes ◽

South Central ◽

Chloride Water ◽

Long Term Monitoring ◽

Term Monitoring

The long-term monitoring of eight lakes near Dorset, Ontario, indicates that the water quality has changed significantly over the last 30 years. However, trends in the Dorset lakes may not be representative of changes in other south-central Ontario lakes, as the Dorset lakes are within a small area and span a limited gradient of lake and watershed characteristics. To determine the regional extent of water quality changes, we assessed the chemical changes in 36 diverse lakes that were first sampled between 1981 and 1990 and were resampled in 2004–2005. Similar to trends in the Dorset lakes, changes in the regional lakes included decreasing acidity, calcium, conductivity, metals, and phosphorus, and increasing dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, sodium, and chloride. Water quality changes were driven by regional stressors, including acidic deposition, climate, and lakeshore residential development. However, stressor-induced responses differed among lakes. Increases in sodium and chloride were greater in developed lakes that were close to winter-maintained roads. Site-specific characteristics, such as lake and watershed morphometry, could not explain heterogeneous changes in the remaining water quality parameters. These results indicate that other factors play an important role in regulating individual lake response to regional stressors.

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