Coral mortality and interaction with algae in relation to sedimentation

By M. Nugues, C. Roberts. Coral reefs, 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Nutrient versus herbivore control of macroalgal community development and coral growth on a Caribbean reef (2009, background): “Total upright algal cover was defined as the cover of all upright macroalgae, cyanobacteria, and tall (>0.5 cm) filamentous algae because these growth forms can competitively suppress coral growth and increase coral mortality (Nugues & Roberts 2003, Box & Mumby 2007).”
Turf wars: competition between foundation and turf-forming species on temperate and tropical reefs and its role in regime shifts (2018, background): “Likewise, sedimentation is often a form of stress or disturbance for established corals (Rogers 1990, Nugues & Roberts 2003), and for early lifehistory stages of coral (Birkeland 1977, Birrell et al. 2005) and canopy algae (Devinny & Volse 1978).”
Long-term changes in coral colony size distributions on Kenyan reefs under different management regimes and across the 1998 bleaching event (2008, background): “Conversely, increased nutrients, turbidity, and sedimentation is expected to reduce recruitment of corals and the frequency of small-sized corals due to burial beneath sediments or competition with algae (Hughes 1989; Hughes and Tanner 2000; McCook et al. 2001; Nugues and Roberts 2003b ).”
Coral Reef Algae (2011, background): “…increased sedimentation, as well as large disturbances such as hurricanes and ENSO-associated increases in sea surface temperature (e.g., Hughes 1994; Fong and Lirman 1996; Glynn and Maté 1997; Nugues and Roberts 2003; Rogers and Miller 2006; Hughes et al. 2007; Baker et al. 2008, and many others).”
Competition Among Sessile Organisms on Coral Reefs (2011, background): “2009), and sedimentation due to reduced water flow (Nugues and Roberts 2003).”
Effect of macroalgal competition on growth and survival of juvenile Caribbean corals (2007, background): “…shading or abrasion (Lirman 2001), the indirect influences on micro-habitat through flow reduction and increased localised sedimentation (Nugues & Roberts 2003), chemical induced mortality (Littler & Littler 1997), enhanced microbial activity caused by algal exudates (Smith et al. 2006)…”
Herbivory and the Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Knowledge Gaps and Implications for Management (2015, background): “However, once sedimentation levels become sufficiently high, sediments will begin to smother and kill corals regardless of the presence of algae (e.g. Nugues & Roberts 2003), negating any positive impacts of herbivores.”
40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats (2017, background): “Chronic nutrient enrichment increases the severity and prevalence of diseases and bleaching in corals (Bruno et al. 2003; Vega Thurber et al. 2014) and sedimentation due to land clearing and other disturbance of soil smothers corals (Rogers 1990; Nugues and Roberts 2003a, b).”