Paper Search Console

Home Search Page About Contact

Journal Title

Title of Journal: Coral Reefs

Search In Journal Title:

Abbravation: Coral Reefs

Search In Journal Abbravation:

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Search In Publisher:

ISSN

1432-0975

Search In ISSN:
Search In Title Of Papers:

Plasticity in skeletal characteristics of nursery

Authors: Ilsa B Kuffner Erich Bartels Anastasios Stathakopoulos Ian C Enochs G Kolodziej Lauren T Toth Derek P Manzello
Publish Date: 2017/03/04
Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 679-684
PDF Link

Abstract

Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis is a threatened species and the primary focus of western Atlantic reef restoration efforts to date We compared linear extension calcification rate and skeletal density of nurseryraised A cervicornis branches reared for 6 months either on blocks attached to substratum or hanging from PVC trees in the water column We demonstrate that branches grown on the substratum had significantly higher skeletal density measured using computerized tomography and lower linear extension rates compared to watercolumn fragments Calcification rates determined with buoyant weighing were not statistically different between the two growout methods but did vary among coral genotypes Whereas skeletal density and extension rates were plastic traits that depended on growout method calcification rate was conserved Our results show that the two rearing methods generate the same amount of calcium carbonate skeleton but produce colonies with different skeletal characteristics and suggest that there is genetically based variability in coral calcification performanceThis study was funded by the US Geological Survey USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program We thank the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary for permits to work with Acropora cervicornis USGS permit under Kuffner FKNMS2013024A2 and Mote Marine Laboratory working under authorization of The Nature Conservancy permit FKNMS2011150A2 We thank J Morrison C Walter B Reynolds and L Bartlett for help in the field and laboratory We appreciate NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and Ocean Acidification Program help in funding the CT scanning equipment We also thank I Baums for identifying the genotypes of the nursery corals All data in support of conclusions drawn in this manuscript are published and freely available for download in USGS data release at https//doiorg/105066/F7HH6H72 Any use of trade names herein was for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government

Keywords:

References

.
Search In Abstract Of Papers:
Other Papers In This Journal:
  1. Short- and long-term movements of painted lobster ( Panulirus versicolor ) on a coral reef at Northwest Island, Australia
  2. “Locally extinct” coral species Seriatopora hystrix found at upper mesophotic depths in Okinawa
  3. Competitive interactions between corals and Trididemnum solidum on Mexican Caribbean reefs
  4. Turbinaria ornata invasion in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia: ocean drift connectivity
  5. Characterisation of coral explants: a model organism for cnidarian–dinoflagellate studies
  6. Do no-take reserves benefit Florida’s corals? 14 years of change and stasis in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
  7. Skeletal morphogenesis and growth mode of modern and fossil deep-water isidid gorgonians (Octocorallia) in the West Pacific (New Zealand and Sea of Okhotsk)
  8. Widespread occurrence of mycosporine-like amino acid compounds in scleractinians from French Polynesia
  9. Spawning and fertility of F 1 hybrids of the coral genus Acropora in the Indo-Pacific
  10. Measuring coral reef community metabolism using new benthic chamber technology
  11. Climate change and coral reefs: Trojan horse or false prophecy?
  12. A map of human impacts to a “pristine” coral reef ecosystem, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
  13. Skeletal records of community-level bleaching in Porites corals from Palau
  14. Guard crabs alleviate deleterious effects of vermetid snails on a branching coral
  15. Effect of ocean warming and acidification on the early life stages of subtropical Acropora spicifera
  16. Effects of predation on diel activity and habitat use of the coral-reef shrimp Cinetorhynchus hendersoni (Rhynchocinetidae)
  17. Quantifying the quality of coral bleaching predictions
  18. Targeted demersal fish species exhibit variable responses to long-term protection from fishing at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands
  19. Auditory sensitivity in settlement-stage larvae of coral reef fishes
  20. Visibly healthy corals exhibit variable pigment concentrations and symbiont phenotypes
  21. Light availability determines susceptibility of reef building corals to ocean acidification
  22. A physical derivation of nutrient-uptake rates in coral reefs: effects of roughness and waves
  23. Recurrent partial mortality events in winter shape the dynamics of the zooxanthellate coral Oculina patagonica at high latitude in the Mediterranean
Search Result: