Role of Elevated Organic Carbon Levels and Microbial Activity in Coral Mortality

By David I. Kline, Neilan M. Kuntz, Mya Breitbart, Nancy Knowlton, Forest Rohwer. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Organic matter release by coral reef associated benthic algae in the Northern Red Sea (2010, background): “But the stimulating effect of bio-labile DOC derived from benthic algae on the activity of either the coral surface mucopolysaccharide layer associated microbial community (Kline et al., 2006) or bacterioplankton in the ambient water column (Jonas 1997), is assumed to entail negative effects on cora”
Strong relationship between coral bleaching and growth anomalies in massive Porites (2009, background): “…coral density (Bruno et al., 2007), or water quality conditions, such as elevated nutrients (Bruno et al., 2003; Voss & Richardson, 2006) and organic matter (Kline et al., 2006) that change microbial community composition towards more pathogenic taxa (Klaus et al., 2005; Pantos & Bythell, 2006).”
Microbial indicators as a diagnostic tool for assessing water quality and climate stress in coral reef ecosystems (2017, background): “2014) and higher macroalgal abundance on coral reefs (Kline et al. 2006).”
Organic matter release by Red Sea coral reef organisms-Potential effects on microbial activity and in situ O2 availability (2010, background): “…by benthic reef algae in combination with the observed high stimulation of planktonic microbial activity confirms previously postulated statements (Kline et al. 2006, Smith et al. 2006, Dinsdale et al. 2008), suggesting that DOM released by benthic algae may stimulate planktonic microbial O2…”
Allelochemicals produced by Caribbean macroalgae and cyanobacteria have species-specific effects on reef coral microorganisms (2011, background): “High levels of DOC in the water column also led to coral mortality and increased microbial growth rates by an order of magnitude within the coral mucus layer (Kline et al. 2006).”
Phage therapy of coral disease (2007, background): “It is now clear that environmental factors, especially increased seawater temperature and pollution, contribute to disease formation (Rosenberg and Ben-Haim 2002; Bruno et al. 2003; Kerri et al. 2004; Kuntz et al. 2005; Kline et al. 2006 ), and every eVort should be made to avoid these deleterious ”
Composition analysis of organic matter released by cosmopolitan coral reef-associated green algae (2010, background): “This may potentially be explained by a high content of rapidly degradable organic carbon (Kline et al. 2006).”
Shifting Baselines, Local Impacts, and Global Change on Coral Reefs (2008, background): “Large amounts of macroalgae may also destabilize microbial communities [45], either by changing water chemistry near coral surfaces [46] or by serving as a reservoir for pathogens [47].”
Coral Reef Algae (2011, background): “Most recently, enhanced microbial activity caused by algal exudates has been identified (Smith et al. 2006; Vermeij et al. 2009), and Kline et al. (2006) determined elevated levels of dissolved organic carbon, which can occur in areas of high algal biomass, increased the growth rate of microbes…”
The role of microorganisms in coral health, disease and evolution (2007, background): “A second study looked at the addition of small quantities of carbohydrates to corals in a flow-though system, which caused substantial coral mortality and an order of magnitude increase in the rate of growth of microorganisms in the coral mucu”
Chemical effects of macroalgae on larval settlement of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora (2008, background): “…chemistry of seawater (Amsler et al. 1992, Walters et al. 2003), include primary and secondary metabolites (Steinberg et al. 2001), pH (McConnaughey et al. 2000), and nutrient and organic carbon levels (Carpenter et al. 1991, Larkum et al. 2003, Kline et al. 2006, review by Birrell et al. 2008).”
Patterns of association between Symbiodinium and members of the Montastraea annularis species complex on spatial scales ranging from within colonies to between geographic regions (2006, background): “For example, various organic carbons, which are components of land runoV, have been shown to decrease growth and increase mortality in corals (Kuntz et al. 2005; Kline et al. 2006).”