Caribbean Reef Plants

By D. S. Littler, M. Littler. 2000

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Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs I. Nutrient stoichiometry of the invasive green alga Codium isthmocladum in the wider Caribbean indicates nutrient enrichment (2005, background): “Whereas Codium spp. are not conspicuous in oligotrophic coral reef communities in the wider Caribbean region (Littler and Littler, 2000), they commonly form blooms in nutrient replete habitats.”
Identification and chemical studies of pelagic masses of Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Gaillon and S. fluitans (Borgessen) Borgesen (brown algae), found offshore in Ondo State, Nigeria (2014, methodology): “Several workers (Schnieder and Searles, 1991; Littler and Littler, 2000; Dawes and Mathieson, 2008; Conti, 2008; Shapiro, 2004) observed that S. fluitans is separated from S. natans by the lack of spines on the gas (H2S) bladder (pneumatocysts) and the presence of Oyesiku and Egunyomi 1191 a, Mean…”
Ecology and nutrition of invasive Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia blooms on coral reefs off southeast Florida, U.S.A. (2010, background): “In comparison, C. brachypus (Harvey) in the western Atlantic/Caribbean has been reported only from the Greater and Lesser Antilles (Littler and Littler, 2000).”
Coral Reef Algae (2011, background): “Communities of tropical macroalgae are often extremely speciose (Littler and Littler 2000, http://www.algaebase.org) and field identification of many species proves challenging.”
Interaction between nutrients and herbivory in controlling algal communities and coral condition on Glover's Reef, Belize (2003, unknown): “Algae were identified to the lowest taxon possible in the laboratory following the nomenclature of Littler & Littler (2000) and were classified into 5 functional groups: turf, frondose, geniculated coralline, crustose coralline, and crustose non-coralline algae.”
Benthic cyanobacterial bloom impacts the reefs of South Florida (Broward County, USA) (2005, background): “…July 2004, and collections made on July 31, 2004 had filaments 40.41±3.36 (mean ± SD) lm in diameter (n=34) and cells 31.72±3.82 lm wide (n=36) and 4.05±0.92 lm long (n=18), consistent with L. polychroa (Meneghini) Rabenhorst 1847 (Synonym: Lyngbya sordida Gomont 1892) (Littler and Littler 2000).”
Effects of nitrate, phosphate and iron on the growth of macroalgae and benthic cyanobacteria from Cocos Lagoon, Guam (2001, background): “Coral reef cyanobacteria are often small, cryptic and hard to collect, and the taxonomy is in a state of confusion (Littler & Littler 2000).”
Nitrogen enrichment, altered stoichiometry, and coral reef decline at Looe Key, Florida Keys, USA: a 3-decade study (2019, methodology): “In the station, samples were gently cleaned of macroscopic epiphytes and epizoa, rinsed briefly in deionized water (< 5 s), identified (Taylor 1960; Littler and Littler 2000; Guiry and Guiry 2013) and randomly sorted into replicates (n = 3) for each species.”
Effect of macroalgal competition on growth and survival of juvenile Caribbean corals (2007, background): “The plastic was cut into narrow strips (3 × 50 mm, the approximate dimensions of D. pulchella blades: Littler & Littler 2000).”
Competitive effects of macroalgae on the fecundity of the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis (2008, background): “Typically in the Caribbean, L. variegata (a corticated macroalga) has a flat, creeping life-form, whereas Dictyota (a corticated foliose alga) has an erect, branching morphology (Steneck & Dethier 1994, Littler & Littler 2000).”