The effects of nutrients and herbivory on competition between a hard coral (Porites cylindrica) and a brown alga (Lobophora variegata)

By J. Jompa, L. McCook. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Effects of live coral, epilithic algal communities and substrate type on algal recruitment (2004, unknown): “General approach and study site To investigate the effects of competitive interactions with coral tissue and other benthic organisms, we compared algal recruitment onto (1) healthy coral tissue and dead coral plates, (2) settlement plates pre-conditioned on different reefs, and clean settlement plat”
Effects of herbivores, nutrient enrichment, and their interactions on macroalgal proliferation and coral growth (2009, background): “Macroalgae now dominate Caribbean reefs (Knowlton 1992; Hughes 1994; Jackson et al. 2001), where they sometimes overgrow corals (Lewis 1986; Jompa and McCook 2002 ) and commonly impede coral recruitment (Edmunds and Carpenter 2001, Birrell et al. 2008).”
Phase shifts and the stability of macroalgal communities on Caribbean coral reefs (2009, background): “Parameters based on both Dictyota and Lobophora (Box and Mumby 2007) (b) Growth rate of juvenile and adult corals (area C 60 cm2) reduced by 50% if M4cells \ 60% (Tanner 1995; Jompa and McCook 2002a) (c) Limited direct overgrowth of coral by macroalgae can occur (Lirman 2001; Hughes et al. 2007).”
Patch dynamics of coral reef macroalgae under chronic and acute disturbance (2005, unknown): “The outcome of such competition includes a decline in the growth rates of both competitors (de Ruyter van Steveninck et al. 1988b; Jompa and McCook 2002a), reductions in the fecundity of corals (Tanner 1995), and even coral mortality (Bak and Engel 1979; Hughes and Tanner 2000; Lirman 2001).”
Limited Functional Redundancy in a High Diversity System: Single Species Dominates Key Ecological Process on Coral Reefs (2009, background): “Once established these shifts appear difficult to reverse as these macroalgae are unpalatable to the majority of herbivores (Bellwood and others 2006) and have been shown to suppress the survival, fecundity, and recruitment of corals ( Jompa and McCook 2002; Hughes and others 2007; Mumby and others”
Competition Among Sessile Organisms on Coral Reefs (2011, methodology): “Finally, Nugues and Bak (2006) employed a transplant design similar to that of Jompa and McCook (2002b) to determine mechanisms of competition between six Caribbean corals and the brown alga Lobophora variegata over 1 year.”
Herbivory and the Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Knowledge Gaps and Implications for Management (2015, background): “…can have direct negative effects on corals by decreasing their growth rates (Shantz & Burkepile 2014) and increasing the prevalence of coral disease and bleaching (Vega Thurber et al. 2014), as well as indirect effects by increasing growth rates of their algal competitors (Jompa & McCook 2002).”
Nutritional status and metabolism of the coral Stylophora subseriata along a eutrophication gradient in Spermonde Archipelago (Indonesia) (2011, background): “…balance between corals and space-competing macroalgae (Fabricius et al. 2005; Costa et al. 2008) in the absence of herbivores (McCook 1999; Jompa and McCook 2002), some suggest increased nutrient levels may, paradoxically, have positive effects on the metabolic performance of some corals…”
Interaction between benthic algae (Lyngbya bouillonii, Dictyota dichotoma) and scleractinian coral Porites lutea in direct contact (2007, background): “…differently capable of, or susceptible to the different competitive mechanisms depending on the morphological and physiological characteristics of the competitors as well as on the environmental factors, including nutrients, herbivory and light levels (McCook et al., 2001; Jompa and McCook, 2002b).”