Search Results - "Marhaver, Kristen L."
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Millimeter-scale topography facilitates coral larval settlement in wave-driven oscillatory flow
Published in PloS one (12-09-2022)“…Larval settlement in wave-dominated, nearshore environments is the most critical life stage for a vast array of marine invertebrates, yet it is poorly…”
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Coral larvae move toward reef sounds
Published in PloS one (14-05-2010)“…Free-swimming larvae of tropical corals go through a critical life-phase when they return from the open ocean to select a suitable settlement substrate. During…”
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Corals in Healthy Populations Produce More Larvae Per Unit Cover
Published in Conservation letters (01-05-2018)“…In coral reef conservation and management, the prevailing metric of reef health is percent coral cover, a measurement commonly used with the assumption that…”
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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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Ecological assessment of the marine ecosystems of Barbuda, West Indies: Using rapid scientific assessment to inform ocean zoning and fisheries management
Published in PloS one (08-01-2018)“…To inform a community-based ocean zoning initiative, we conducted an intensive ecological assessment of the marine ecosystems of Barbuda, West Indies. We…”
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Coral spawning, unsynchronized
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (06-09-2019)“…A breakdown in the coral spawning synchrony may threaten coral reef recovery During annual mass spawning events, hundreds of corals release millions of…”
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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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Microbial diversity associated with four functional groups of benthic reef algae and the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-05-2011)“…Summary The coral reef benthos is primarily colonized by corals and algae, which are often in direct competition with one another for space. Numerous studies…”
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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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Viral communities associated with healthy and bleaching corals
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-09-2008)“…The coral holobiont is the integrated assemblage of the coral animal, its symbiotic algae, protists, fungi and a diverse consortium of Bacteria and Archaea…”
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Microbial to reef scale interactions between the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis and benthic algae
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (22-04-2012)“…Competition between reef-building corals and benthic algae is of key importance for reef dynamics. These interactions occur on many spatial scales, ranging…”
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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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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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Composite Substrates Reveal Inorganic Material Cues for Coral Larval Settlement
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (28-03-2022)“…The widespread loss of stony reef-building coral populations has been compounded by the low settlement and survival of coral juveniles. To rebuild coral…”
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Benthic assemblages are more predictable than fish assemblages at an island scale
Published in Coral reefs (01-08-2022)“…Decades of research have revealed relationships between the abundance of coral reef taxa and local conditions, especially at small scales. However, a rigorous…”
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The role of acoustics within the sensory landscape of coral larval settlement
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (30-05-2023)“…Recruitment of coral larvae on reefs is crucial for individual survival and ecosystem integrity alike. Coral larvae can detect and respond to a wide range of…”
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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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Inheritance of somatic mutations by animal offspring
Published in Science advances (02-09-2022)“…Since 1892, it has been widely assumed that somatic mutations are evolutionarily irrelevant in animals because they cannot be inherited by offspring. However,…”
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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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Survival and dispersal of turf algae and macroalgae consumed by herbivorous coral reef fishes
Published in Oecologia (01-02-2013)“…The mechanisms by which algae disperse across space on coral reefs are poorly known. We investigated the ability of four common Caribbean herbivorous fish…”
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