Opportunistic consumption of coral spawn by the ruby brittle star (Ophioderma rubicundum)

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• Journal Title:
  Ecology and Evolution
• Personal Author:
  Williamson, Olivia M. ; Mustard, Alexander T. ; Bright, Allan J. ; Williams, Dana E. ; Ladd, Mark C. ; Baker, Andrew C.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) ; CIMAS (Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  Many reef invertebrates reproduce through simultaneous broadcast spawning, with an apparent advantage of overwhelming potential predators and maximizing propagule survival. Although reef fish have been observed to consume coral gamete bundles during spawning events, there are few records of such predation by benthic inverte - brates. Here, we document several instances of the ruby brittle star, Ophioderma rubi - cundum , capturing and consuming egg- sperm bundles of the mountainous star coral,
• Keywords:
  Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Nature And Landscape Conservation Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Nature And Landscape Conservation Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Nature And Landscape Conservation
• Source:
  Ecology and Evolution, 13(5)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10096
• ISSN:
  2045-7758 ; 2045-7758
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Wiley
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fb6acb251e6bc4603d9b65262035655ef495a8286278162c3c94c8fba9b8b801
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/55063/noaa_55063_DS1.pdf
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