Detection of Coral Reef Change by the Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project

By J. Porter, V. Kosmynin, Kathryn L. Patterson, K. Porter, W. Jaap, Jennifer Wheaton, Keith E. Hackett, M. Lybolt, Chris P. Tsokos, G. Yanev and 7 more. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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In Ecology

1. Brian Lapointe
2. J. Porter
3. S. Ford
4. K. Lafferty
5. R. Maliao
6. K. Sutherland
7. R. Turingan
8. Cecilia Torres

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Brian Lapointe
2. R. Maliao
3. S. Ford
4. J. Porter
5. R. Turingan
6. Junda Lin
7. K. Lafferty

Citations in the corpus

• Disease and immunity in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate corals (2004, background): “Since 1996, populations of the sewage consuming reef sponge Cliona delitrix have increased by a factor of 10 on reefs in the Florida Keys (Ward-Paige 2003) while, concurrently, corals have declined by 37% (Porter et al. 2002).”
• ARE DISEASES INCREASING IN THE OCEAN (2004, background): “Surveys (Connell 1997, Dustan 1999, Porter et al. 2002, Porter & Meier 1992) reveal that disease is a primary cause of this coral reef decline (Aronson & Precht 1998, Gladfelter 1982, Kim & Harvell 2004).”
• Cold-water event of January 2010 results in catastrophic benthic mortality on patch reefs in the Florida Keys (2012, methodology): “CREMP has used an established protocol to monitor benthic cover at fixed sites throughout the Florida Keys since 1996 (Porter et al. 2002; Ruzicka et al. 2010).”
• Phase-shift in coral reef communities in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), USA (2008, background): “2003), and a phase-shift from coral-dominated to macroalgal-dominated communities (Dustan 1977; Dustan and Halas 1987; Porter and Meier 1992; Hughes 1994; McClanahan and Muthiga 1998; Porter et al. 2002; Gardner et al. 2003, 2005).”
• Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities in the Lower Florida Keys: discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen sources (2004, background): “0% between 1996 and 1999 (Porter et al., 2002).”
• Temporal changes in benthic assemblages on Florida Keys reefs 11 years after the 1997/1998 El Niño (2013, methodology): “Since 1996, the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) has conducted annual assess- ments every summer (May through August) at fixed sites to evaluate the status and trends of benthic communities in the Florida Keys (J. W. Porter et al. 2002, Somerfield et al. 2008).”
• Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys (2001, methodology): “All species within the genus Acropora have been decimated throughout much of their range due to disease (Gladfelter, 1982; Peters et al., 1983; Porter & Meier, 1992; Aronson & Precht, 1997; Aronson et al., 1998; Ritchie & Smith, 1998; Porter et al., 2002).”