Survival dynamics of scleractinian coral larvae and implications for dispersal

By Erin Graham, Andrew H. Baird, Sean R. Connolly. Coral reefs, 2008

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

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Larvae of Pocillopora damicornis (Anthozoa) settle and metamorphose in response to surface-biofilm bacteria (2011, background): “However, some broadcast spawners can remain in the plankton for up to 244 d when a suitable substratum is not encountered (Graham et al. 2008).”
Tradeoffs to Thermal Acclimation: Energetics and Reproduction of a Reef Coral with Heat Tolerant Symbiodinium Type-D (2011, background): “In particular, in corals, key regeneration processes like reproduction [29] and larval dispersal and settlement [30], are dependent on the availability of stored lipids.”
The relative contribution of dinoflagellate photosynthesis and stored lipids to the survivorship of symbiotic larvae of the reef-building corals (2010, background): “123 Meadows 2006; Graham et al. 2008 ). Among these factors, larval duration and settlement-competency periods are thought to be controlled by the amount of available energy and nutrient stores available to the larvae during dispersal.”
Blind to morphology: genetics identifies several widespread ecologically common species and few endemics among Indo‐Pacific cauliflower corals (Pocillopora, Scleractinia) (2013, unknown): “4b; Graham et al., 2008; Harrison, 2011).”
Coral propagation: a review of techniques for ornamental trade and reef restoration (2017, background): “Larvae of some spawning species may remain competent to settle for 195–244 days, although rates of mortality increase progressively after 100 days (Graham et al. 2008).”
Systematic and Biogeographical Patterns in the Reproductive Biology of Scleractinian Corals (2009, background): “Furthermore, there is little evidence to suggest that any coral larvae actually feed (Graham et al. 2008).”
Plasticity of larval pre-competency in response to temperature: observations on multiple broadcast spawning coral species (2010, background): “Investigations into maximum larval dispersal potential demonstrate that the larvae of some species can retain the ability to settle for months (Harrison and Wallace 1990; Graham et al. 2008), yet there is evidence that local recruitment is common in reef corals (Ayre and Hughes 2000; Hellberg 2007).”
Coral larvae: From gametes to recruits (2011, background): “(Graham et al., 2008).”
Connectivity Modeling System: A probabilistic modeling tool for the multi-scale tracking of biotic and abiotic variability in the ocean (2013, unknown): “This equation can be readily changed in the code to fit empirically-derived survivorship curves (Graham et al., 2008).”
Coral restoration research and technical developments: what we have learned so far (2019, background): “[now Favites magnistellata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)] indicated that their maximum larval lifespans ranged from 195 to 244 days, but mortality increased progressively after 100 days (Graham et al. 2008).”
Larval retention and connectivity among populations of corals and reef fishes: history, advances and challenges (2009, background): “Direct observations of larval behavior (e.g., Leis and Carson-Ewart 1998; Leis 2002, 2006; Fisher et al. 2000; Miller and Mundy 2003; Leis et al. 2007; Graham et al. 2008), increasingly sophisticated biophysical models (e.”