Effects of benthic algae on the replenishment of corals and the implications for the resilience of coral reefs

By C. Birrell, L. McCook, B. Willis, G. Diaz-Pulido. 2008

318 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. Valerie J. Paul
2. Mark E. Hay
3. D. Burkepile
4. Kathleen M. Morrow
5. N. Chadwick
6. B. Willis
7. P. Fong
8. S. Arnold

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Valerie J. Paul
2. Mark E. Hay
3. D. Burkepile
4. Kathleen M. Morrow
5. N. Chadwick
6. B. Willis
7. L. McCook
8. P. Fong

In Oceanography

1. Valerie J. Paul
2. Mark E. Hay
3. D. Burkepile
4. Kathleen M. Morrow
5. N. Chadwick
6. B. Willis
7. P. Fong
8. L. McCook

Citations in the corpus

• Allelochemicals produced by Caribbean macroalgae and cyanobacteria have species-specific effects on reef coral microorganisms (2011, background): “…interactions with adult corals, but also a decrease in coral recruitment by reducing larval settlement and post-settlement survival (reviewed in Birrell et al. 2008; Ritson-Williams et al. 2009), indicating that macroalgae alter the overall structure of reef communities (Hughes and Tanner…”
• 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).”
• Nutrient versus herbivore control of macroalgal community development and coral growth on a Caribbean reef (2009, background): “We excluded crustose coralline algae and short (<0.5 cm) turfs from total upright algal cover because these lowgrowing forms were unlikely to affect corals in the size classes used in our experiment even though they can harm newly settled coral larvae and juvenile corals (Birrell et al. 2008).”
• Herbivory and the Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Knowledge Gaps and Implications for Management (2015, background): “Dense stands of macroalgae can deter herbivory (Hoey & Bellwood 2011) and prevent the re - establishment of corals by inhibiting coral recruitment (Birrell et al. 2008).”
• Closing the circle: is it feasible to rehabilitate reefs with sexually propagated corals? (2013, background): “…that other factors (e.g. availability of zooxanthellae and planktonic food in the rearing tanks), played a role in early mortality during the ex situ rearing phase, we suggest that interactions with algae such as smothering, shading and allelopathy were the most likely cause (Birrell et al. 2008).”
• Coral propagation: a review of techniques for ornamental trade and reef restoration (2017, background): “Water soluble compounds produced by bacterial biofilms attract coral larvae, whereas those released by many species of macroalgae deter larval settlement (reviewed in Birrell et al. 2008; Gleason & Hofmann 2011).”
• Chemical effects of macroalgae on larval settlement of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora (2008, background): “…character of settlement surfaces through processes such as sediment trapping (Birrell et al. 2005), benthic algae also contribute significantly to the chemical environment confronting larvae during the settlement process (Jensen 1977, Amsler et al. 1992, McCook et al. 2001, Birrell et al. 2008).”
• Competition Among Sessile Organisms on Coral Reefs (2011, background): “At Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, Birrell et al. (2008b) examined the effects of water-soluble compounds from crustose coralline algae on coral settlement over 2 days.”
• The impact of benthic algae on the settlement of a reef-building coral (2010, background): “Most experiments used very few species of fleshy algae (2–5 species; Maypa and Raymundo 2004; Nugues and Szmant 2006; Kuffner et al. 2006; Birrell et al. 2008b) or focussed on the induction of coral settlement by crustose coralline algae (e.g. Harrington et al. 2004; Golbuu and Richmond 2007).”
• Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders (2008, background): “CCA are an important settlement cue for invertebrate larvae including corals and contribute significantly to reef accretion and cementation (33).”
• Coral Reef Algae (2011, background): “Both positive and negative effects were observed for seawater collected from aquaria that had contained macroalgae for the settlement of larvae of the spawning coral Acropora millepora onto fragments of the crustose coralline alga Hydrolithon reinboldii (Birrell et al. 2008a).”
• Effects of herbivores, nutrient enrichment, and their interactions on macroalgal proliferation and coral growth (2009, background): “2001, Aronson and Precht 2006, Mumby and Steneck 2008), but they clearly suppress coral recovery once they become established (Birrell et al. 2008), making a ‘phaseshift’ back toward coral-dominated reefs unlikely unless some process suppresses seaweeds (Knowlton 1992; Hughes 1994; Mumby et al.”