Staghorn survey and bioassays to test for improved condition in thickets to guide restoration efforts

Huntington, Brittany; Miller, Margaret W. (Margaret Wohlenberg); Richter, Lee, 1950-

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Staghorn survey and bioassays to test for improved condition in thickets to guide restoration efforts

2013
By Huntington, Brittany ; Miller, Margaret W. (Margaret Wohlenberg) ; Richter, Lee, 1950-

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Final report for Endangered Species Research Permit (NOAA) STX026-12
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Huntington, Brittany ; Miller, Margaret W. (Margaret Wohlenberg) ; Richter, Lee, 1950-

Huntington, Brittany ; Miller, Margaret W. (Margaret Wohlenberg) ; Richter, Lee, 1950- Less -
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United States, National Marine Fisheries Service, ; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)

United States, National Marine Fisheries Service, ; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) Less -
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)

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"Based on our 2012 monitoring of several extant populations of A. cervicornis in the Caribbean (Huntington and Miller in prep), we hypothesized that A. cervicornis growth rates and tissue condition are enhanced when very dense spatial configurations (i.e. "thickets") of coral are achieved. Our research from 2013 focused on observational studies and an experimental bioassay to discern a mechanism to account for this greater coral condition, which we hypothesized was from the indirect enrichment of the coral from organic nutrients excreted form fish sheltering within the thicket. To test this hypothesis, we used an experimental bioassay study in two Caribbean locations: Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Florida and St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) to determine if coral condition was enhanced when transplanted to a thicket site versus a low density A. cervicornis site. While DRTO contains both high density spatial configurations of A. cervicornis and high abundances of schooling reef fishes, schooling fishes are rarer in the A. cervicornis populations in St. Thomas. By performing the same bioassay experiment in each location we can isolate the influence of reef fishes to facilitate higher condition in A. cervicornis"--Page 2.
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Acropora Cervicornis Coral Colonies Coral Reef Restoration Corals Health Monitoring
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Project no. 819
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Caribbean Area
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