Search Results - "Chamberland, Valérie F."
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New Seeding Approach Reduces Costs and Time to Outplant Sexually Propagated Corals for Reef Restoration
Published in Scientific reports (22-12-2017)“…The use of sexually propagated corals is gaining popularity as an approach for reef restoration. However, manually attaching substrates with recently settled…”
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Onset of zooplanktivory and optimal water flow rates for prey capture in newly settled polyps of ten Caribbean coral species
Published in Coral reefs (01-12-2022)“…Zooplanktivory is an important source of nutrients in corals, providing up to 35% of daily metabolic energy requirements in some species. However, little is…”
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Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly‐evolving field
Published in Restoration ecology (01-09-2023)“…Reversing coral reef decline requires reducing environmental threats while actively restoring reef ecological structure and function. A promising restoration…”
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Acquisition of obligate mutualist symbionts during the larval stage is not beneficial for a coral host
Published in Molecular ecology (01-01-2019)“…Theory suggests that the direct transmission of beneficial endosymbionts (mutualists) from parents to offspring (vertical transmission) in animal hosts is…”
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Large birth size does not reduce negative latent effects of harsh environments across life stages in two coral species
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-09-2013)“…When juveniles must tolerate harsh environments early in life, the disproportionate success of certain phenotypes across multiple early life stages will…”
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Costs and benefits of maternally inherited algal symbionts in coral larvae
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (28-06-2017)“…Many marine invertebrates provide their offspring with symbionts. Yet the consequences of maternally inherited symbionts on larval fitness remain largely…”
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Assisted gene flow using cryopreserved sperm in critically endangered coral
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-09-2021)“…Assisted gene flow (AGF) is a conservation intervention to accelerate species adaptation to climate change by importing genetic diversity into at-risk…”
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Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide
Published in Restoration ecology (01-11-2021)“…Coral reef restoration is a rapidly growing movement galvanized by the accelerating degradation of the world's tropical coral reefs. The need for concerted and…”
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Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event
Published in PloS one (18-09-2024)“…Assisted sexual coral propagation, resulting in greater genet diversity via genetic recombination, has been hypothesized to lead to more adaptable and, hence,…”
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Coral larval settlement induction using tissue-associated and exuded coralline algae metabolites and the identification of putative chemical cues
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (18-10-2023)“…Reef-building crustose coralline algae (CCA) are known to facilitate the settlement and metamorphosis of scleractinian coral larvae. In recent decades, CCA…”
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The reproductive biology and early life ecology of a common Caribbean brain coral, Diploria labyrinthiformis (Scleractinia: Faviinae)
Published in Coral reefs (01-03-2017)“…Despite the fact that most of the severe demographic bottlenecks in coral populations occur during their earliest life stages, information on the reproductive…”
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Historical changes (1905-present) in catch size and composition reflect altering fisheries practices on a small Caribbean island
Published in PloS one (13-06-2019)“…Effective assessments of the status of Caribbean fish communities require historical baselines to adequately understand how much fish communities have changed…”
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Crude oil contamination interrupts settlement of coral larvae after direct exposure ends
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (29-09-2015)“…Oil spills cause damage to marine wildlife that lasts well past their immediate aftermath. Marine offspring that must settle and metamorphose to reach…”
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Restoration of critically endangered elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) populations using larvae reared from wild-caught gametes
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-07-2015)“…Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) populations provide important ecological functions on shallow Caribbean reefs, many of which were lost when a disease reduced…”
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Costs and benefits of maternally inherited algal symbionts in coral larvae
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (28-06-2017)“…Many marine invertebrates provide their offspring with symbionts. Yet the consequences of maternally inherited symbionts on larval fitness remain largely…”
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Historical changes
Published in PloS one (13-06-2019)“…Effective assessments of the status of Caribbean fish communities require historical baselines to adequately understand how much fish communities have changed…”
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