Habitat selection by larvae influences the depth distribution of six common coral species

By Andrew H. Baird, R. Babcock, C. Mundy. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Spatial distribution patterns of the gorgonians Eunicella singularis, Paramuricea clavata, and Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Cape of Creus, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea) (2011, background): “Recruitment determines the spatio-temporal distribution patterns of new individuals (Chiappone and Sullivan 1996; Edmunds 2000; Baird et al. 2003) and is influenced by the characteristics of the reproductive cycle of the species, the dispersal abilities of the larvae, the features of the substrate,…”
New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs (2008, background): “…a wide array of behaviors that allow them to enhance the likelihood of successful settlement, including, but not limited to, sensitivity to light (Lewis, 1974; Mundy and Babcock, 1998), depth (Carlon, 2001, 2002; Baird et al., 2003; Suzuki et al., 2008), and chemical cues (Morse et al., 1994).”
Acclimation and adaptation of scleractinian coral communities along environmental gradients within an Indonesian reef system (2010, background): “However, reproductive strategies and larval recruitment ability (Hodgson, 1990; Mundy and Babcock, 1998; Baird et al., 2003; Birrell et al., 2005) could also be an adaptation tomarginal environments, as genotypes that have adapted to local conditions (such as high temperature, salinity and sedimenta”
Coral recruitment and early benthic community development on several materials used in the construction of artificial reefs and breakwaters (2009, methodology): “Terra-cotta tiles are commonly used as an artificial substrate with which to quantify spatial and temporal patterns of coral recruitment (Adjeroud et al., 2007; Baird et al., 2003; Mundy, 2000).”
Coral larvae settle at a higher frequency on red surfaces (2011, background): “For example, two species of Goniastrea, with an adult distribution restricted to reef flat environments, preferred to settle on terracotta tiles conditioned at 2 m depth, in contrast to two species of Fungia whose adult distributions are restricted to the base of reef slopes and preferred to settle ”
Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs (2010, background): “…processes (Mundy and Babcock 2000), as depth distributions of juveniles mirror those of adult colonies (Bak and Engel 1979), and larvae preferentially select parental habitat substratum (Baird et al. 2003) by differentiating between light intensity and spectral composition (Mundy and Babcock 1998).”
Sexual production of corals for reef restoration in the Anthropocene (2020, background): “…chemical inducers, also differs among species, enabling larvae to identify speciesspecific settlement sites that may optimise postsettlement survival and fitness (Morse et al. 1988, Raimondi & Morse 2000, Baird et al. 2003, Baird & Morse 2004, Golbuu & Richmond 2007, Gleason & Hofmann 2011).”
Inhibition of coral recruitment by macroalgae and cyanobacteria (2006, background): “During this same period, the brown macroalgae Dictyota spp. dominated the benthos at depths between 0 and 25 m on many of these reefs, covering up to 56% of the bottom during the summer months (Lirman & Biber 2000, Beach et al. 2003).”
Larvae of Pocillopora damicornis (Anthozoa) settle and metamorphose in response to surface-biofilm bacteria (2011, background): “Cues can be associated with crustose coralline algae (CCA) (Morse et al. 1988, 1996, Baird et al. 2003, Baird & Morse 2004, Harrington et al. 2004, Golbuu & Richmond 2007, Kitamura et al. 2007, Ritson-Williams et al. 2010, Arnold et al. 2010, Price 2010) or marine bacteria and biofilms (Negri et…”
Variation in the diversity and composition of benthic taxa as a function of distance offshore, depth and exposure in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia (2005, background): “Larvae may, however, also be able to select their preferred habitat (Baird et al., 2003).”
Rapid settlement in broadcast spawning corals: implications for larval dispersal (2003, background): “daedalea have less stringent settlement preferences (Mundy and Babcock 1998; Baird et al. 2003) and do better under potentially sub-optimal experimental conditions than the larvae of G.”
Substratum preferences in planula larvae of two species of scleractinian corals, Goniastrea retiformis and Stylaraea punctata (2007, background): “speciWc environmental factors (i.e., speciWc sites and chemical cues), in shaping the Wnal observed distribution patterns (Babcock and Mundy 1996; Morse et al. 1988; Mundy and Babcock 2000; Carlon 2002; Baird et al. 2003 ).”