Early life-history dynamics of Caribbean coral species on artificial substratum: the importance of competition, growth and variation in life-history strategy

By Mark J. A. Vermeij. Coral reefs, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Effect of macroalgal competition on growth and survival of juvenile Caribbean corals (2007, background): “J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 115:169–178 Vermeij MJA (2006) Early life-history dynamics of Caribbean coral species on artificial substratum: the importance of competition, growth and variation in life-history strategy.”
Early post-settlement mortality and the structure of coral assemblages (2010, background): “Sizes vary by up to an order of magnitude between these stages (i.e. 1 mm at settlement versus ~1 cm after 1 yr), and many processes such as mortality are sizedependent in corals (Brock 1979, Babcock 1985, Vermeij 2006).”
Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs (2010, background): “…macroalgal growth leads to an intensified competition for space and reduces survivorship of coral recruits (Bak and Engel 1979; Hunte and Wittenberg 1992; Vermeij 2006), while phytoplankton blooms decrease light availability for corals and other benthic organisms (Hallock and Schlager 1986).”
Evidence for a decadal-scale decline in the growth rates of juvenile scleractinian corals (2007, background): “For instance, in 2 often-cited studies of juvenile corals on Caribbean reefs, specifically those on the reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growth rates in the range of 10 to 34 mm yr–1 were reported for small colonies (≤ 40 mm diameter) (Bak & Engel 1979, Van Moorsel 198”
Direct seeding of mass-cultured coral larvae is not an effective option for reef rehabilitation (2015, background): “Newly settled corals are known to be extremely vulnerable, and corals, like many marine invertebrates (Hunt & Scheibling 1997), have typical Type III survivorship curves (sensu Deevey 1947), with high early mortality and a greater probability of survival with increasing age and size (Vermeij & Sandi”
Sexual production of corals for reef restoration in the Anthropocene (2020, background): “…upper surfaces, for example, may favour energy acquisition via photosynthesis by symbionts; however, in this orientation, the ~1 mm juvenile polyps may be more prone to predation, overgrowth by algae, and smothering by sediments (Vermeij 2006, Gleason & Hofmann 2011, Jones et al. 2015).”
Running the Gauntlet: Inhibitory Effects of Algal Turfs on the Processes of Coral Recruitment (2010, background): “However, Vermeij (2006), comparing recent coral recruitment studies with identical studies 20 yr ago from the same location in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, concluded that macroalgal growth had caused the reef to become hostile to settling corals, resulting in a 5-fold decline in coral recruitment…”