Increasing relative abundance of Porites astreoides on Caribbean reefs mediated by an overall decline in coral cover

By Daniel H. Green, Peter J. Edmunds, R. Carpenter. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Changing geo‐ecological functions of coral reefs in the Anthropocene (2018, background): “…by rapid coloniser species that whilst relatively tolerant to thermal and/or physical stressors, have different morphofunctional characteristics (Alvarez‐Filip et al., 2011) and typically provide less structural habitat complexity (Green et al., 2008; van Woesik et al., 2011; Darling et al., 2012).”
Complex reef architecture supports more small‐bodied fishes and longer food chains on Caribbean reefs (2011, background): “For 21 example, in the Caribbean, rapid declines in live coral cover have been accompanied by a 22 shift in communities towards reefs dominated by stress-resistant and less architecturally 23 complex corals (e.g. Hughes 1994, Green et al. 2008).”
Impacts of a Regional, Multi-Year, Multi-Species Coral Disease Outbreak in Southeast Florida (2018, background): “These species typically grow as small, flat colonies resulting in reduced reef complexity (Knowlton, 2001; Precht and Miller, 2007; Green et al., 2008).”
Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity (2009, background): “and Agaricia spp., that form rapidly growing, small colonies that are short-lived and quickly replaced, started to increase in abundance ( Green et al. 2008 ).”
Temporal changes in benthic assemblages on Florida Keys reefs 11 years after the 1997/1998 El Niño (2013, background): “However, other examples of weedy takeovers include small, encrusting sponges (Aronson et al. 2002) and smaller brooding corals like Porites astreoides (Green et al. 2008) and Agaricia tenuifolia (Aronson & Precht 1997, Aronson et al. 2004).”
Coral larvae: From gametes to recruits (2011, background): “Indeed, in many cases, such as on some Caribbean islands, corals are exhibiting functional shifts in species composition that correlate with reproductive mode (Aronson and Precht, 2001; Green et al., 2008).”
Biotic homogenization of coral assemblages along the Florida reef tract (2012, background): “…large colonies; blue: few, small coral colonies Burman et al.: Homogenization of the Florida reef tract Caribbean, both in recent decades and in the geologic past (Edinger & Risk 1994, Budd & Johnson 1999, Aronson & Precht 2001a, Green et al. 2008, Klaus et al. 2011, van Woesik et al. 2012).”
Interactive effects of ocean acidification and temperature on two scleractinian corals from Moorea, French Polynesia (2012, result): “This outcome for Porites reinforces several others studies suggesting that massive Porites spp. can function as an ecological winner (sensu Loya et al., 2001) on contemporary reefs (Green et al., 2008; Edmunds, 2010).”
Patterns of resistance and resilience of the stress-tolerant coral Siderastrea radians (Pallas) to sub-optimal salinity and sediment burial. (2009, background): “…limited sexual recruitment of reef-building taxa has resulted in the increased predominance of stress-tolerant, early colonizing taxa like Porites and Agaricia on natural (Hughes and Connell, 1999; Kramer, 2003; Green et al., 2008) and artificial substrate (Lirman and Miller, 2003; Vermeij, 2005).”
Zooplanktivory ameliorates the effects of ocean acidification on the reef coral Porites spp (2011, background): “…Porites spp. was studied because of the importance of this functional group of corals on reefs in the Pacific and Caribbean (Done and Potts 1992; Green et al. 2008), and because this group is relatively resistant to environmental assaults (Loya et al. 2001; Edmunds 2010), including…”
Herbivory and the Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Knowledge Gaps and Implications for Management (2015, background): “…by abrupt shifts in community structure, with once-dominant corals be - ing replaced by smaller weedy coral species, nonreef-building invertebrates, and/or fleshy macroalgae (Green et al. 2008, Norström et al. 2009, Schutte et al. 2010, Burman et al. 2012, Ruzicka et al. 2013, Toth et al. 2014).”
New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs (2008, background): “The increasing community dominance observed for Porites astreoides at six sites in the Caribbean is being driven by a constant recruitment rate coinciding with reduced percent cover of other coral species (Green et al., 2008).”