Inhibition of coral recruitment by macroalgae and cyanobacteria

By I. B. Kuffner, L. Walters, M. Becerro, Valerie J. Paul, R. Ritson-Williams, K. Beach. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Reviewing the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Sexual Reproduction and Early Life History Stages of Reef-Building Corals (2011, background): “Both positive settlement cues from crustose coralline algae (CCA) and/or microbial biofilms and settlement interference by turf algae have been previously documented [83, 87–89].”
Cyanobacteria in Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Review (2012, background): “[42] found evidence that algae and cyanobacteria use tactics beyond space occupation to inhibit coral recruitment.”
New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs (2008, background): “Algal turfs, macroalgae, and benthic cyanobacteria can negatively impact the settlement of coral larvae (Kuffner and Paul, 2004; Birrell et al., 2005; Kuffner et al., 2006; Birrell et al., 2008a).”
Larval settlement preferences and post-settlement survival of the threatened Caribbean corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis (2010, background): “…have been tested for their larval settlement ecology, there is evidence that the benthic species on a reef can facilitate or inhibit coral recruitment (Raimondi and Morse 2000; Kuffner and Paul 2004; Kuffner et al. 2006; Birrell et al. 2008; Vermeij and Sandin 2008; Ritson-Williams et al. 2009).”
Chemical effects of macroalgae on larval settlement of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora (2008, background): “Kuffner et al. (2006) found reduced overall recruitment, or settlement at distance, for the brooding coral Porites astreoides in response to the macroalgae Dictyota pulchella and Lobophora variegata, as well as the cyanobacteria L. majuscula, L. polychroa and L. confervoides.”
Phase shifts and the role of herbivory in the resilience of coral reefs (2007, background): “High algal biomass has been shown to negatively affect coral recruitment (Birkeland 1977; Kuffner et al. 2006) and growth rates (Tanner 1995) and algae may also have an indirect effect on corals through the release of dissolved compounds which have been shown to enhance microbial activity and lead t”
Coral larvae settle at a higher frequency on red surfaces (2011, background): “…settlement (e.g., Kuffner and Paul 2004; Kuffner et al. 2006) and compounds produced by different macroalgae have been shown to result in mixed (either inhibiting or promoting) effects on larval settlement and metamorphosis (e.g., Heyward and Negri 1999; Kuffner et al. 2006; Birrell et al. 2008).”
Competitive effects of macroalgae on the fecundity of the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis (2008, background): “Macroalgae have been shown to inhibit coral recruitment (Kuffner et al. 2006), and coral–algal interactions can result in reduced coral growth rates and increased tissue mortality (Lirman 2001, River & Edmunds 2001, Jompa & McCook 2002, Nugues & Bak 2006, Box & Mumby 2007).”
Feeding complementarity versus redundancy among herbivorous fishes on a Caribbean reef (2011, unknown): “Herbivores are important drivers of community structure on coral reefs because they suppress macroalgae and facilitate productive filamentous algae (Carpenter 1986; Hay 1991; Burkepile and Hay 2006; Mumby 2006) as well as facilitate the recruitment, growth, and survivorship of corals by preventing c”
Coral larvae: From gametes to recruits (2011, background): “In fact, the majority of evidence to date supports the conclusion that waterborne substances released frommost macroalgae as well as one genus of cyanobacteria, Lyngbya, have allelopathic effects on coral larval behavior, settlement, and metamorphosis (Baird and Morse, 2004; Birrell et al., 2008; Di”
Competition Among Sessile Organisms on Coral Reefs (2011, background): “Damage to stony corals by macroalgae can result in algal dominance on some reefs and alter the overall structure of reef communities (Hughes and Tanner 2000, Kuffner et al. 2006, Fig.”
40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats (2017, background): “Dense cyanobacterial mats can have a variety of negative effects on reef communities: they inhibit recruitment (Kuffner et al. 2006), act as pathogens (Carlton and Richardson 1995), overgrow and smother reef benthos (Ritson-Williams et al.”
Alternative states on coral reefs: beyond coral–macroalgal phase shifts (2009, background): “This can further affect coral recruitment (Kuffner et al. 2006), reduce coral growth rates (Tanner 1995) and result in additional coral mortality (Smith et al. 2006, Box & Mumby 2007), which further reinforce the macroalgal state.”
Grazing pressure on coral reefs decreases across a wide depth gradient in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (2010, background): “Algae can outgrow corals when favorable conditions arise (Genin et al. 1995), and may also inhibit coral recruitment (McCook et al. 2001, Kuffner et al. 2006).”
Ocean acidification impacts multiple early life history processes of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides (2011, methodology): “Both positive settlement cues from CCA and settlement interference by turf algae have been previously documented (Morse et al., 1988; Webster et al., 2004; Birrell et al., 2005; Kuffner et al., 2006; Vermeij & Sandin, 2008; Ritson-Williams et al., 2010).”