Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities in the Lower Florida Keys: discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen sources

By Brian Lapointe, P. Barile, William R. Matzie. 2004

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Mixotrophy, a major mode of nutrition for harmful algal species in eutrophic waters (2008, background): “Gambierdiscus toxicus Linked indirectly to anthropogenic nutrient inputs via stimulation of its macroalgal habitats (Lapointe and Thacker, 2002; Lapointe et al., 2004; Briggs and Leff, 2007) +Phagotrophy (unknown prey)”
Temporal and spatial variation in the δ15N and δ13C of coral tissue and zooxanthellae in Montastraea faveolata collected from the Florida reef tract (2005, background): “Note that the d15N values for coral tissue of 16.6‰ would be considered to be influenced by anthropogenic sources if one applied the recent guidelines of Lapointe et al. (2004).”
Phase-shift in coral reef communities in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), USA (2008, background): “The chl a concentration in the FKNMS was around 0.4 mg i1 , a value that can be considered eutrophic in reef communities ( Lapointe et al. 2004 ).”
Effects of experimental reduction of light and nutrient enrichments (N and P) on seagrasses: a review (2008, background): “seagrass meadows have also been examined (e.g. Harlin and Thorne-Miller, 1981; Pergent et al., 1999; Cardoso et al., 2004; Lapointe et al., 2004).”
Drift rhodophyte blooms emerge in Lee County, Florida, USA : Evidence of escalating coastal eutrophication (2007, background): “…between natural and anthropogenic N sources supporting macroalgal growth (Lapointe, 1997; France et al., 1998; McClelland and Valiela, 1998; Costanzo et al., 2001; Wayland and Hobson, 2001; Umezawa et al., 2002; Gartner et al., 2002; Barile, 2004; Savage and Elmgren, 2004; Lapointe et al., 2004).”
Evidence of sewage-driven eutrophication and harmful algal blooms in Florida's Indian River Lagoon (2015, background): “In the case of the urbanized IRL, our results indicate that wastewater, and OSTDS in particular, is the major N source, compared to agricultural fertilizers and top soil N in Florida Bay (Brand, 2002; Glibert et al., 2004; Lapointe et al., 2004).”
Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: Bottom-up eutrophication and top-down herbivory (2006, background): “Growth and reproduction of macroalgae are nutrient limited in oligotrophic coral-reef waters (Lapointe, 1987, 1997, 1999; Larned and Stimson, 1996; Schaffelke and Klumpp, 1998; Lapointe et al., 2004) where lownutrient concentrations and high herbivory favor the dominance of calcareous, hermatypic co”
Ecology and nutrition of invasive Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia blooms on coral reefs off southeast Florida, U.S.A. (2010, background): “For example, the diminutive C. verticillata is normally found in mangrove habitats (Littler and Littler, 2000) but forms thick mats on the vertical walls of sewage impacted canal systems in the Florida Keys (Lapointe et al., 1994).”
Potential role of sponge communities in controlling phytoplankton blooms in Florida Bay (2006, background): “Some investigators have suggested that a new source of nitrogen or phosphorus is fueling the elevated phytoplankton biomasses observed over the last decade in the north-central basins of Florida Bay (Lapointe 2004).”
Cold-water event of January 2010 results in catastrophic benthic mortality on patch reefs in the Florida Keys (2012, background): “…is plausible that the cumulative effect of multiple stressors documented in the Florida Keys (Lirman 2001; Patterson et al. 2002; Lipp et al. 2002; Lapointe et al. 2004; Lirman and Fong 2007; Donahue et al. 2008; Wagner et al. 2010) has inhibited the ability of M. annularis complex to persist…”
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): “have become dominant bloom species on reefs formerly dominated by live coral cover in the nutrient enriched (high N:P) coastal waters of the Florida Keys (Lapointe and Clark, 1992; Lirman and Biber, 2000; Lapointe et al., 2004).”