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Harriott, VJ, and DA Fisk. "Recruitment patterns of scleractinian corals: a study of three reefs." Marine and Freshwater Research 39, no. 4 (1988): 409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9880409.

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Racks of settlement plates were placed in forereef and backreef sites at three reefs offshore from Cairns (Green, Michaelmas and Upolo Reefs) during winter 1985, summer 1985/86, and winter 1986. Over 2200 spat were recorded on the summer plates, while 61 and 220 spat were found on the winter plates in the two years. Acroporid spat were generally dominant on summer plates, except for Upolo Reef where pocilloporid spat were the most abundant at all times of year. Most spat settling in winter at all reefs were of the family Pocilloporidae. Summer spat settlement showed significant variation in numbers between reefs and between forereef and backreef sites on each reef, with the greatest number on backreef sites. Highest recruitment was at Green Island reef despite the relatively depauperate adult fauna on that reef; this suggests that inter-reef dispersal may be the dominant factor in determining the number of recruits. Hypothesized dispersal paths of coral planulae in the region are derived from data on post- spawning oceanographic conditions, and testable predictions are made for future recruitment patterns in this reef set.
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Baird, Andrew H., and Aileen N. C. Morse. "Induction of metamorphosis in larvae of the brooding corals Acropora palifera and Stylophora pistillata." Marine and Freshwater Research 55, no. 5 (2004): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf03121.

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Many coral larvae require surface contact with crustose red algae (CRA) to induce metamorphosis; however, many features of the ecology of pocilloporid corals, such as their ability to colonize primary substrata, suggest that their larvae respond to different cues. We compared the metamorphosis of larvae of the brooding corals Stylophora pistillata (family Pocilloporidae) and Acropora palifera (family Acroporidae) in response to a variety of environmental cues. Acropora palifera metamorphosed only in the presence of three species of CRA. In contrast, S. pistillata metamorphosed in all assays, except those containing the brown alga Lobophora sp. Metamorphosis was highest (80 ± 20%) in unfiltered sea water; however, metamorphosis also occurred in 0.2-μm filtered sea water. These results suggest that S. pistillata larvae respond to both large and small water-borne molecular cues. The lack of a stringent requirement for surface contact with CRA will allow S. pistillata larvae to pre-empt species that require a more developed fouling community to induce metamorphosis and this feature of larval ecology may be the key to understanding the success of many opportunistic benthic species.
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Chen, Chienhsun, Chih-Yung Chiou, Chang-Feng Dai, and Chaolun Allen Chen. "Unique Mitogenomic Features in the Scleractinian Family Pocilloporidae (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina)." Marine Biotechnology 10, no. 5 (May 14, 2008): 538–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-008-9093-x.

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Bachtiar, Imam, Muhammad Abrar, and Agus Budiyanto. "Rekruitmen Karang Scleractinia di Perairan Pulau Lembata (Recruitment of Scleractinian Corals at Lembata Island Waters)." ILMU KELAUTAN: Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences 17, no. 1 (March 11, 2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ik.ijms.17.1.1-7.

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Potensi rekruitmen karang sangat penting di dalam pengelolaan terumbu karang, karena potensi pemulihan terumbu karang tergantung pada rekruitmen karang. Penelitian rekruitmen karang Scleractinia dilakukan di perairan Pulau Lembata, Nusa Tenggara Timur, pada bulan Juli 2011. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keanekaragaman dan kelimpahan rekruit (anakan) karang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Acroporidae, Pocilloporidae, dan Poritidae merupakan tiga famili karang yang mempunyai kontribusi terbesar pada rekruitmen karang di perairan Lembata. Komposisi genus karang pada stasiun penelitian di Laut Flores (Pulau Lapan, Pulau Watupeni, Pulau Wuku) berbeda dari komposisi genus karang di stasiun perairan selat sekitar Pulau Lembata dan Laut Sawu. Ketiga stasiun penelitian di Laut Flores juga mempunyai kelimpahan rekruit yang lebih tinggi dari lokasi lainnya. Kata kunci: karang, rekruitmen, Lembata, komposisi, kelimpahan Potential recruitment of Scleractinian corals is very important in coral reef management, since coral reef recovery is very dependent on coral recruitment. Study on coral recruitment was conducted in Pulau Lembata waters, Nusa Tenggara Timur, on July 2011. Objectives of the study were to determine taxa (family and genera) diversity and abundance of coral recruits. Results showed that coral families of Acroporidae, Pocilloporidae, and Poritidae had highest contribution to the whole coral recruitment. Study locations in the Flores Sea (Pulau Lapan, Pulau Watupeni, Pulau Wuku) showed genera composition that is different from other study locations. The three islands in the Flores Sea also had significantly higher recruit abundance than those in other locations. Key words: coral, recruitment, Lembata, composition, abundance
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Cirino, Luca, Sujune Tsai, Fu-Wen Kuo, Zhi-Hong Wen, Pei-Jie Meng, and Chiahsin Lin. "Decline of Seriatopora (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) fecundity in Taiwan in 2018–2019." Marine Biology Research 17, no. 2 (February 7, 2021): 167–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1906904.

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Locke, Jan M., Ernesto Weil, and Kathryn A. Coates. "A newly documented species of Madracis (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) from the Caribbean." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120, no. 2 (August 2007): 214–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x(2007)120[214:andsom]2.0.co;2.

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Banguera-Hinestroza, Ferrada, Sawall, and Flot. "Computational Characterization of the mtORF of Pocilloporid Corals: Insights into Protein Structure and Function in Stylophora Lineages from Contrasting Environments." Genes 10, no. 5 (April 27, 2019): 324. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes10050324.

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More than a decade ago, a new mitochondrial Open Reading Frame (mtORF) was discovered in corals of the family Pocilloporidae and has been used since then as an effective barcode for these corals. Recently, mtORF sequencing revealed the existence of two differentiated Stylophora lineages occurring in sympatry along the environmental gradient of the Red Sea (18.5°C to 33.9°C). In the endemic Red Sea lineage RS_LinB, the mtORF and the heat shock protein gene hsp70 uncovered similar phylogeographic patterns strongly correlated with environmental variations. This suggests that the mtORF too might be involved in thermal adaptation. Here, we used computational analyses to explore the features and putative function of this mtORF. In particular, we tested the likelihood that this gene encodes a functional protein and whether it may play a role in adaptation. Analyses of full mitogenomes showed that the mtORF originated in the common ancestor of Madracis and other pocilloporids, and that it encodes a transmembrane protein differing in length and domain architecture among genera. Homology-based annotation and the relative conservation of metal-binding sites revealed traces of an ancient hydrolase catalytic activity. Furthermore, signals of pervasive purifying selection, lack of stop codons in 1830 sequences analyzed, and a codon-usage bias similar to that of other mitochondrial genes indicate that the protein is functional, i.e., not a pseudogene. Other features, such as intrinsically disordered regions, tandem repeats, and signals of positive selection particularly in Stylophora RS_LinB populations, are consistent with a role of the mtORF in adaptive responses to environmental changes.
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Steiner, S. C. C., and J. Cort�s. "Spermatozoan ultrastructure of scleractinian corals from the eastern Pacific: Pocilloporidae and Agariciidae." Coral Reefs 15, no. 2 (April 1, 1996): 143–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003380050034.

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Steiner, S. C. C., and J. Cortés. "Spermatozoan ultrastructure of scleractinian corals from the eastern Pacific: Pocilloporidae and Agariciidae." Coral Reefs 15, no. 2 (June 1996): 143–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01771905.

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JOHNSTON, ERIKA C., and SCOTT C. BURGESS. "Pocillopora tuahiniensis: a new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) from French Polynesia." Zootaxa 5369, no. 1 (November 8, 2023): 117–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.5.

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Pocillopora tuahiniensis sp. nov. is described based on mitochondrial and nuclear genomic data, algal symbiont genetic data, geographic isolation, and its distribution pattern within reefs that is distinct from other sympatric Pocillopora species (Johnston et al. 2022a, b). Mitochondrial and nuclear genomic data reveal that P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. is a unique species, sister to P. verrucosa, and in a clade different from that of P. meandrina (Johnston et al. 2022a). However, the gross in situ colony appearance of P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. cannot easily be differentiated from that of P. verrucosa or P. meandrina at Mo’orea. By sequencing the mtORF region, P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other Pocillopora species. Pocillopora tuahiniensis sp. nov. has so far been sampled in French Polynesia, Ducie Island, and Rapa Nui (Armstrong et al. 2023; Edmunds et al. 2016; Forsman et al. 2013; Gélin et al. 2017; Mayfield et al. 2015; Oury et al. 2021; Voolstra et al. 2023). On the fore reefs of Mo’orea, P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. is very abundant ≥10 m and is one of the most common Pocillopora species at these depths (Johnston et al. 2022b). It can also be found at a much lower abundance at shallow depths on the fore reef and back reef lagoon. The holotype is deposited at the Smithsonian Institution as USNM-SI 1522390 and the mtORF Genbank accession number is OP418359.
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De Palmas, Stéphane, Derek Soto, Vianney Denis, Ming-Jay Ho, and Chaolun Allen Chen. "Molecular assessment ofPocillopora verrucosa(Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) distribution along a depth gradient in Ludao, Taiwan." PeerJ 6 (October 25, 2018): e5797. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5797.

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It can be challenging to identify scleractinian corals from the genusPocilloporaLamarck 1816 in the field because of their large range of inter- and intra-specific morphological variation that co-occur with changes in the physical environment. This task is made more arduous in the context of a depth gradient, where light and water current could greatly affect the morphology of the corallum.Pocillopora verrucosa(Ellis & Solander 1786) in Taiwan was previously reported exclusively from shallow waters (<10 m in depth), but a recent observation of this species in the mesophotic zone (>40 m in depth) questions this bathymetric distribution. We used the mitochondrial open reading frame and the histone 3 molecular markers to investigate the vertical and horizontal spatial distribution ofP. verrucosaaround Ludao (Green Island), Taiwan. We genotyped 101P. verrucosa-like colonies collected from four depth zones, ranging from 7 to 45 m, at three sites around the island. Of the 101 colonies sampled, 85 were genotyped asP. verrucosa, 15 asP. meandrina,and one specimen as an undescribedPocilloporaspecies.P. verrucosawas found at all depths, whileP. meandrinaand the undescribedPocilloporaspecimen were limited to 15 m depth.P. verrucosahas a large bathymetric distribution around Ludao and could benefit from the refuge that the mesophotic zone offers. This study illustrates the difficulty of identifyingPocilloporacorals in the field and emphasizes the relevance of molecular taxonomy as an important and complementary tool to traditional taxonomy for clarifying vertical and horizontal species distribution. Our results also illustrate the need in conservation biology to target species genetic diversity rather than just species diversity.
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Britayev, T. A., V. A. Spiridonov, Y. V. Deart, and M. El-Sherbiny. "Biodiversity of the community associated with Pocillopora verrucosa (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) in the Red Sea." Marine Biodiversity 47, no. 4 (July 22, 2017): 1093–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0759-3.

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Chomitz, Benjamin R., Joan Anne Kleypas, Jorge Cortés, and Juan José Alvarado. "Change in the composition of fauna associated with Pocillopora spp. (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) following transplantation." Revista de Biología Tropical 71, S1 (May 2, 2023): e54882. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71is1.54882.

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Introduction: Associated fauna comprises most of the diversity of a coral reef and performs ecological functions essential to the reef’s survival. Since Pocillopora corals harbor an important associated fauna, reef restoration efforts are underway in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, to preserve them. Objective: To describe changes in cryptofauna and fish communities associated with Pocillopora colonies to better understand the succession of associated fauna following transplantation. Methods: An experimental patch of 30 nursery-grown Pocillopora colonies and a control patch containing no colonies were monitored for 8 months following transplantation in Golfo Dulce. Cryptofauna within each colony and fish within each patch were observed using SCUBA to quantify temporal changes in the abundance, diversity, and community structure of the colonies. Results: The abundance and diversity of cryptofauna increased throughout the experiment. Obligate symbiont decapods were the most abundant. The composition of the community of cryptofauna differed between periods with fish in the genus Scarus as the main contributor to any differences. The increase in abundance and diversity of cryptofauna and fish may reflect coral growth and the corresponding availability of space and environmental complexity in the experimental patch. The composition of the cryptofauna communities was generally consistent with other studies. However, a high density of decapod symbionts could suggest that without other Pocillopora colonies to move to, they may crowd together despite their aggressive tendencies. Conclusions: Pocillopora colonies will experience an increase in symbionts that could positively contribute to the health and survival of the coral following transplantation.
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Conradi, Mercedes, Eugenia Bandera, Sofya V. Mudrova, and Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko. "Five new coexisting species of copepod crustaceans of the genus Spaniomolgus (Poecilostomatoida: Rhynchomolgidae), symbionts of the stony coral Stylophora pistillata (Scleractinia)." ZooKeys 791 (October 22, 2018): 71–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.791.28775.

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Spaniomolgus is a symbiotic genus of copepods of the poecilostomatoid family Rhynchomolgidae and is known to be associated with shallow-water reef-building hermatypic corals. Three species of this genus were previously found only in washings of Acropora and Stylophora in northern Madagascar. Four coral morphotypes of Stylophorapistillata (Pocilloporidae) were collected by SCUBA at 1 to 28 m depth in five sites in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea in 2013. Copepods found on these colonies were studied using light, confocal and scanning electron microscopy. Five new, and one known, species of the genus Spaniomolgus were discovered in washings and inside the galls of the hermatypic coral S.pistillata. The description of these new species (Spaniomolgusglobussp. n., S.stylophorussp. n., S.dentatussp. n., S.maculatussp. n., and S.acutussp. n.) and a key for the identification of all of its congeners is provided herein.
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Kvitt, Hagit, Hanna Rosenfeld, Keren Zandbank, and Dan Tchernov. "Regulation of Apoptotic Pathways by Stylophora pistillata (Anthozoa, Pocilloporidae) to Survive Thermal Stress and Bleaching." PLoS ONE 6, no. 12 (December 14, 2011): e28665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028665.

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Poquita-Du, Rosa, Chin Soon Lionel Ng, Jun Bin Loo, Lutfi Afiq-Rosli, Ywee Chieh Tay, Peter Todd, Loke Ming Chou, and Danwei Huang. "New evidence shows that Pocillopora ‘damicornis-like’ corals in Singapore are actually Pocillopora acuta (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae)." Biodiversity Data Journal 5 (February 13, 2017): e11407. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.5.e11407.

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Poquita-Du, Rosa Celia, Zheng Bin Randolph Quek, Sudhanshi Sanjeev Jain, Sebastian Schmidt-Roach, Karenne Tun, Eliza C. Heery, Loke Ming Chou, Peter A. Todd, and Danwei Huang. "Last species standing: loss of Pocilloporidae corals associated with coastal urbanization in a tropical city state." Marine Biodiversity 49, no. 4 (February 21, 2019): 1727–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00939-x.

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Flórez, Paola, Paula Zapata-Ramírez, and James S. Klaus. "Early Miocene shallow-water corals from La Guajira, Colombia: Part II, Mussidae–Siderastreidae and Milleporidae." Journal of Paleontology 93, no. 3 (December 28, 2018): 416–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2018.90.

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AbstractIn this contribution we describe and illustrate 14 coral morphospecies collected from the early Miocene Siamaná (Aquitanian–Burdigalian) and Jimol (late Burdigalian) formations of the Cocinetas Basin in La Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia. Eleven were identified as already established species including seven genera belonging to the families Mussidae, Pocilloporidae, Poritidae, Siderastreidae, and Milleporidae; the other three remain in open nomenclature. Nine of the 11 species identified (81%) are extinct. The remaining two living species,Siderastrea sidereaandMillepora alcicornis, are common on modern Caribbean reefs. Their presence in the Siamaná Formation extends their temporal range in the Caribbean region to the early Miocene. Most of the taxa described here were hermatypic and zooxanthellate corals of the order Scleractinia, with the exception of the fire coralMillepora alcicornis, of the order Anthothecata, family Milleporidae. The coral fauna recorded in the Siamaná and Jimol formations is typical of shallow and calm waters of the Oligocene–Miocene transition.
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SCHMIDT-ROACH, SEBASTIAN, KAREN J. MILLER, and NIKOS ANDREAKIS. "Pocillopora aliciae: a new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) from subtropical Eastern Australia." Zootaxa 3626, no. 4 (March 15, 2013): 576–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.11.

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Lack of morphological features of diagnostic value and high levels of environmental phenotypic plasticity obscure species boundaries for most taxa in the genus Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816 and complicate the definition of taxonomically distinct units. Species of the genus are colonial, generally ramose, rarely massive or encrusting and mostly hermatypic; corallite arrangement is plocoid, septa are generally poorly developed and usually arranged in two cycles; the columella is mostly poorly developed (Veron & Pichon 1976). Verrucae are common, although reduced in some species. Currently 17 species are formally acknowledged within the genus (Veron 2000).
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Wang, Jih-Terng, Chi-Wei Chu, and Keryea Soong. "Comparison of the bleaching susceptibility of coral species by using minimal samples of live corals." PeerJ 10 (January 26, 2022): e12840. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12840.

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In massive bleaching events (losing symbiotic algae from corals), more sensitive corals are bleached earlier than other corals. To perform a comparison of bleaching susceptibility within and across coral species, a simple quantitative method is required. Accordingly, we present a laboratory-based method for comparing the bleaching susceptibility of various coral species by using a standardized image analysis protocol. Coral fragments were sampled from the colonies of five species selected from Kenting, southern Taiwan, and maintained in the same aquarium tank with circulating seawater; 2 seawater temperature regimes were used (i.e., fast-heating program (FHP), with a heating rate of 1 °C per day; and slow-heating program (SHP), with a heating rate of 1 °C per 3 days). Each coral fragment was photographed periodically, and the colored images were subsequently converted to grayscale images and then digitally analyzed to determine the standardized grayscale values (G0) by comparing with that of standard color strip. The G0 of a sample at each time of photographing during bleaching was divided by the difference of G0 between the acclimating and the same but completely bleached fragment to derive the relative grayscale (RG%) at a particular stage of bleaching; this is done for each coral fragment of a colony. The smaller the RG% of a coral fragment the closer it is approaching completely bleached condition. The level of decrease in RG% within a time series of images in each heating regime was used to establish a bleaching time index (BTI). The lower the BTI, the sooner to reach a defined bleaching level (e.g., 30%), this indicates the coral is more sensitive to thermal bleaching. In the experiment, we compared the bleaching susceptibility of the five species. Based on the proposed BTI, the five species were ranked in terms of bleaching susceptibility, and the rankings were identical between the two temperature regimes; three species in Pocilloporidae had lower BTI, whereas the hydrocoral Millepora species had the highest BTI. Within each heating regime, the BTI of different species were ranked and used to indicate susceptibility. In the FHP, the three Pocilloporidae species could be divided into two groups in terms of bleaching susceptibility. FHP not only displayed a higher differentiating capability on coal bleaching susceptibility than SHP, but also had a faster completion time, thus reducing the likelihood of unforeseen complications during the tank experiments. Our color-based method is easier and less effort-intensive than methods involving the assessment of zooxanthellae densities. Moreover, it requires much fewer replicates and all samples in one large tank (e.g., 300 L) for the studies considering multiple species comparisons. This method opens opportunities for studying the effects of species types, acclimatization (e.g., seasons), and environmental factors other than temperature on coral bleaching.
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Asadi, Muhammad Arif, Oktiyas Muzaky Luthfi, Guntur, Anwan Rahmat Ardiansyah, and Andik Isdianto. "DISTRIBUTION OF SCLERACTINIAN JUVENILES AT THE NATURE RESERVE AREA PULAU SEMPU, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA, AND ITS NEIGHBORING AREA." Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University 57, no. 1 (February 28, 2022): 225–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.35741/issn.0258-2724.57.1.21.

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Coral reefs in the southern waters of Malang Regency are characterized by wide reef flat areas which are generally dominated by massive, encrusting, and branching corals. The living and growth of Scleractinian coral have limiting factors: current velocity, salinity, temperature, DO, turbidity and pH. These factors have a very important role in influencing the rate of reproduction and recruitment of hard corals in the southern waters of the Malang Regency. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of juvenile corals of Pulau Sempu and its surrounding waters. The study was conducted at five sites: Waru Waru, Teluk Semut, Tiga Warna, Kondang Merak, and Jembatan Panjang Tanjung Sirap (JPTS), from August to November 2020. The results showed that the distribution of juvenile corals had varying results at each research station. Eight families of hard juvenile corals are described in this study, including four families having the highest density: Acroporidae, Poritidae, Pocilloporidae, and Merulinidae. Based on statistics, it was found that the location had a positive impact on the number of juvenile coral densities (p = 8.3 x 10-35). This is the first research reporting on the distribution of juvenile corals, which will be very important for policymakers to determine the best rehabilitation method to protect coral reefs in the area.
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Nakajima, Yuichi, Akira Nishikawa, Akira Iguchi, Tomofumi Nagata, Daisuke Uyeno, Kazuhiko Sakai, and Satoshi Mitarai. "Elucidating the multiple genetic lineages and population genetic structure of the brooding coral Seriatopora (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) in the Ryukyu Archipelago." Coral Reefs 36, no. 2 (March 14, 2017): 415–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1557-x.

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BENZONI, FRANCESCA, ROBERTO ARRIGONI, MICHAEL L. BERUMEN, MARCO TAVIANI, PIM BONGAERTS, and PEDRO R. FRADE. "Morphological and genetic divergence between Mediterranean and Caribbean populations of Madracis pharensis (Heller 1868) (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae): too much for one species?" Zootaxa 4471, no. 3 (September 6, 2018): 473. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.3.

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The colonial stony coral genus Madracis is cosmopolitan, lives in shallow and deep water habitats, and includes zooxanthellate, azooxanthellate and facultative symbiotic species. One of its species, Madracis pharensis, has been recorded from the Mediterranean and East Atlantic, where it forms small knobby and facultative zooxanthellate colonies (also named M. pharensis f. pharensis), and from the tropical Caribbean, where it also occurs in a massive and zooxanthellate form (named M. pharensis f. luciphila by some). These two forms have been previously found to host different Symbiodinium species. In this study, species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships between these two Madracis pharensis forms (from the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean), M. senaria, and the Indo-west Pacific M. kirbyi were analyzed through an integrated systematics approach, including corallite dimensions, micromorphology and two molecular markers (ITS and ATP8). Significant genetic and morphological differences were found between all the examined Madracis species, and between M. pharensis from the Mediterranean Sea and M. pharensis f. luciphila from the Caribbean in particular. Based on these results, the latter does not represent a zooxanthellate ecomorph of the former but a different species. Its identity remains to be ascertained and its relationship with the Caribbean M. decactis, with which it bears morphologic resemblance, must be investigated in further studies. Overall, the presence of cryptic Madracis species in the Easter and Central Atlantic Ocean remains to be evaluated.
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Marín-Moraga, José A., Jonathan Chacón-Guzmán, Mauricio Méndez-Venegas, Ronny A. Hernández-Mora, and Jorge Cortés. "Ex situ culture of coral species Porites lobata (Scleractinia: Poritidae) and Pocillopora damicornis (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae), Costa Rica: first assessment and implications." Revista de Biología Tropical 71, S1 (May 2, 2023): e54926. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71is1.54926.

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Introduction: Coral reefs worldwide-decline has prompted coral restoration as a viable strategy to rewild vulnerable, foundational coral species. Stony corals are now propagated by the thousands in both in-water and ex situ (land-based) coral nurseries, the latter being unexplored in Costa Rica, despite their potential benefits as a reef management tool. Objective: To analyze the viability of ex situ culturing of the Pacific reef-building corals Porites lobata and Pocillopora damicornis at Parque Marino del Pacífico (PMP), Puntarenas, Costa Rica, aquaculture facilities. Methods: From May to October 2018 a total of 180 coral fragments were kept in an aquaculture recirculated system. Survival, growth, and fragment yield in relation to culture medium (physicochemical parameters) were recorded. Results: Survival and growth rate varied between species and culture tanks. On average, surviving P. lobata fragments (68.89 %) placed in Tank 1 (T1) grew 216 %, while fragments placed in Tank 2 (T2) had a survival rate of 71.11 % and an increase of 277 % in live tissue area. P. damicornis fragments survival, basal and crown area percentage increase were: 71.11 %, 980 % and 366 % in T1, and 100 %, 976 % and 287 % in T2. Although fragments survival and growth were net positive, the yield in terms of culture was low, due to culture conditions in the tanks not meeting coral culture optimal requirements. Conclusions: Survival and growth of both species varied depending on the tank in which they were placed. Survival was similar to that found in other ex situ studies and growth was similar to those reported in the wild, however culture performance in terms of yield was low. Aquaculture systems at PMP constitute a good base for the cultivation of corals, however for the culture effort to achieve maximum yield, current systems must be optimized according to the requirements of the target coral species.
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Rodríguez-Troncoso, Alma Paola, José de Jesús Adolfo Tortolero-Langarica, Pastora Contreras Medellín-López, Hazel María Canizales-Flores, Enrique Godínez-Domínguez, and Amílcar Leví Cupul Magaña. "Evaluación de los indicadores demográficos de Pocillopora (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) en sitios insulares vs. costeros: implicaciones para un programa de restauración regional." Revista de Biología Tropical 71, S1 (May 2, 2023): e54790. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71is1.54790.

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Introducción: El mantenimiento de las comunidades coralinas depende directamente de la capacidad de los individuos para crecer como colonia. Dado que el crecimiento forma la base de la estructura física del arrecife, determinar la tasa de crecimiento de las especies de corales constructores y su respuesta a las variaciones ambientales nos permitirá identificar su potencial particular para implementar estrategias de restauración más efectivas. Objetivo: Determinar la tasa de crecimiento del coral constructor de arrecifes Pocillopora en todo el Pacífico Central Mexicano (PCM) y su relación con las fluctuaciones en las condiciones ambientales. Métodos: De agosto de 2019 a octubre de 2020, se monitorearon y trasplantaron un total de 153 fragmentos de coral ramificado del género Pocillopora como parte del programa de restauración en diferentes sitios de la PCM: Parque Nacional Islas Marietas y en la Caleta de Cuastecomates. Se calculó el crecimiento del coral (cm·año-1) y sobrevivencia (%), y se correlacionó con la temperatura, PAR y Kd490 para cada localidad. Resultados: Patrones similares en los parámetros examinados entre los fragmentos de coral fueron encontrados para todos los sitios, con un rango de sobrevivencia de 61.6 – 68 %, cuya mortalidad estuvo relacionada principalmente con huracanes y tormentas que afectaron la región. Sin embargo, la tasa de crecimiento oscila entre 2.0 – 8.0 cm·año-1, sin diferencias significativas entre localidades. Además, no se registraron diferencias en las condiciones ambientales entre las localidades. Conclusiones: Los corales ramificados del género Pocillopora presentan una tasa de crecimiento similar en sitios insulares y costeros de la PCM, por lo que se podría esperar que la implementación de un programa de restauración en toda esta región del Pacífico Mexicano sería potencialmente exitoso, ya que, las condiciones ambientales locales no son factores limitantes.
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Lizcano-Sandoval, Luis David, Edgardo Londoño-Cruz, and Fernando A. Zapata. "Growth and survival of Pocillopora damicornis (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) coral fragments and their potential for coral reef restoration in the Tropical Eastern Pacific." Marine Biology Research 14, no. 8 (September 14, 2018): 887–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2018.1528011.

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Schmidt-Roach, Sebastian, Karen J. Miller, Petra Lundgren, and Nikos Andreakis. "With eyes wide open: a revision of species within and closely related to thePocillopora damicornisspecies complex (Scleractinia; Pocilloporidae) using morphology and genetics." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170, no. 1 (January 2014): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12092.

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Widiastuti, Widiastuti, and Daniel Tosan Kaigere. "Coral community structure at Celukan Bawang Reefs, Buleleng Regency, Bali Island." Acta Aquatica: Aquatic Sciences Journal 9, no. 3 (December 6, 2022): 210. http://dx.doi.org/10.29103/aa.v9i3.9519.

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Celukan Bawang water has a strategic location in the northern part of Bali Island that threatened its surrounding coral reefs by shipping, power plant, industrial activities, and shrimp ponds. However, there is limited data on its biodiversity status. Therefore, it is necessary to provide factual information regarding the coral reef ecosystem condition in scientific data. This study aimed to measure the coral reef`s components and the community structure. The coverage of coral reef components was collected based on the UPT method, while community structure data was taken in a belt transect within two different sites. All data was collected in December 2020. The difference in coral reef ecosystem components among sites was analyzed with the Paired-T and Kruskal-Wallis tests (for the non-homogenous data). Results showed that the coverage of live coral colonies in Site 1 is categorized as poor, whereas Site 2 is classified as moderate. Reefs were dominated by type growth non-Acropora massive from the family of Faviidae and encrusting from the family of Pocilloporidae. Statistically, there were no significant differences in all coral reef ecosystem components among Sites 1 and 2. Diversity and Evenness Indices were similarly low in the two sites. The dominance Index demonstrated that Site 1 was lower than Site 2 (moderate). It might be related to the coverage of the abiotic component, which, despite being statistically insignificant, showed that Site 2 has a higher percentage of rubbles and rocks. Rubble and rock can be a substrate for the coral juvenile to attach.Keywords: Community structure; Coral reef; Celukan Bawang; Buleleng
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Widiastuti, Widiastuti, and Daniel Tosan Kaigere. "Coral community structure at Celukan Bawang Reefs, Buleleng Regency, Bali Island." Acta Aquatica: Aquatic Sciences Journal 9, no. 3 (December 1, 2022): 210. http://dx.doi.org/10.29103/aa.v9i3.8691.

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Celukan Bawang water has a strategic location in the northern part of Bali Island that threatened its surrounding coral reefs by shipping, power plant, industrial activities, and shrimp ponds. However, there is limited data on its biodiversity status. Therefore, it is necessary to provide factual information regarding the coral reef ecosystem condition in scientific data. This study aimed to measure the coral reef`s components and the community structure. The coverage of coral reef components was collected based on the UPT method, while community structure data was taken in a belt transect within two different sites. All data was collected in December 2020. The difference in coral reef ecosystem components among sites was analyzed with the Paired-T and Kruskal-Wallis tests (for the non-homogenous data). Results showed that the coverage of live coral colonies in Site 1 is categorized as poor, whereas Site 2 is classified as moderate. Reefs were dominated by type growth non-Acropora massive from the family of Faviidae and encrusting from the family of Pocilloporidae. Statistically, there were no significant differences in all coral reef ecosystem components among Sites 1 and 2. Diversity and Evenness Indices were similarly low in the two sites. Dominance Index demonstrated that Site 1 was lower than Site 2 (moderate). It might be related to the coverage of the abiotic component, which, despite being statistically insignificant, showed that Site 2 has a higher percentage of rubbles and rocks. Rubble and rock can be a substrate for the coral juvenile to attach.Keywords: Community structure; Coral reef; Celukan Bawang; Buleleng
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Neves, Elizabeth, and Rodrigo Johnsson. "Taxonomic revision of the southwestern Atlantic Madracis and the description of Madracis fragilis n. sp. (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae), a new coral species from Brazil." Scientia Marina 73, no. 4 (August 17, 2009): 739–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2009.73n4735.

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Fujiwara, Shuichi, Daisuke Kezuka, Kazutaka Hagiwara, Hiroo Ishimori, and Hideo Tabata. "Effect of Substratum Structural Complexity of Coral Seedlings on the Settlement and Post-Settlement Survivorship of Coral Settlers." Oceans 4, no. 1 (December 26, 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/oceans4010001.

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The substratum structure is critical for facilitating settlement and increasing the survivorship of coral settlers. However, knowledge about its structural complexity is largely lacking. In this study, we examined the effect of complexity on the settlement and post-settlement survivorship of coral settlers using four types of structures: groove, using a CSD (Coral Settlement Device, 4.5 cm φ × 2.5 cm H, top-shaped ceramic); flat, using a CP (Ceramic Plate, 29.5 cm L × 3.1 cm W × 0.9 cm H, unglazed ceramic plate); linear, using a CN (Coral Net, mesh size 19 mm, biodegradable plastic net); and wrinkle, using a SS (Scallop Shell, 11.0 cm in shell length). The complexity was obtained from the ratio of the surface area to the vertically projected area of the substratum. The substratum sets were installed in the coral reef around the Ryukyu Islands every May from 2012 to 2014. After about 2 or 6 months of spawning, a certain number of substratum types were sampled, and the number of coral spats that settled on them was counted by taxa classified into Acropora, Pocilloporidae, Millepora, and Others. The larval settlement rate in the first set of samples and the survivorship of coral spats in the second set of samples were estimated. The mean settlement rate was, in order, the CSD; SS; CN; and CP, and the mean survivorship was, in order, the CSD; CP; SS; and CN, over three years. A positive correlation was found between the structural complexity, mean settlement rate, and mean survivorship. Our results show that the structural complexity of coral seedlings affects the settlement of coral larvae and the survivorship of coral spats.
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CHENG, YU­RONG, ANDERSON B. MAYFIELD, PEI­JIE MENG, CHANG­FENG DAI, and RONY HUYS. "Copepods associated with scleractinian corals: a worldwide checklist and a case study of their impact on the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pocilloporidae)." Zootaxa 4174, no. 1 (October 11, 2016): 291. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.20.

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Aranceta-Garza, Fernando, Pedro Cruz-Hernández, Héctor Reyes-Bonilla, and Eduardo F. Balart. "Genetic connectivity of the metapopulation of the coral Pocillopora verrucosa (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) in multi-use marine protected areas of the Gulf of California, and management implications." Revista de Biología Tropical 69, no. 4 (November 1, 2021): 1164–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69i4.45936.

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Introduction: Estimates of contemporary connectivity of the broadcast spawning coral Pocillopora verrucosa between multi-use marine protected areas (MUMPAs) are required to assess MUMPA effectiveness and their ability to enhance resilience against disturbances. Objective: To determine the genetic structure and connectivity patterns between P. verrucosa demes inside the Gulf of California and evaluate the role and effectiveness of established MUMPAS in their protection and resilience. Methods: We assessed P. verrucosa connectivity along its peninsular range (∼350 km), including five locations and three MUMPAs in the Gulf of California using six microsatellite genetic markers. Results: Population structure was significant (FST = 0.108***) when demes included clonal replicates; however, when these clones were removed from the analysis, the sexual individuals comprised a metapopulation panmixia (FST = 0.0007 NS). To further understand connectivity patterns, an assignment test was carried out which identified ten recent between-deme migrants with a mean dispersal distance of 116.6 km (± 80.5 SE). No long-distance dispersal was detected. These results highlight the ecological importance of the Bahía de La Paz region, including Archipiélago de Espíritu Santo MUMPA. This region, located at the center of the species peninsular range, exports larva to downstream sink demes such as the Loreto (northwardly) and Cabo Pulmo (southwardly) MUMPAs. Of importance, inter-MUMPA spacing was larger than the mean larval dispersal by ~56 km, suggesting thar the designation of intermediate ‘no-take’ zones would enhance short-distance connectivity. Conclusion: This study contributes as a baseline for policymakers and authorities to provide robust strategies for coral ecosystem protection and suggest that protection efforts must be increased towards peninsular intermediate reefs to promote metapopulation resilience from natural and anthropogenic factors.
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Koester, Anna, Amanda K. Ford, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Valentina Migani, Nancy Bunbury, Cheryl Sanchez, and Christian Wild. "First insights into coral recruit and juvenile abundances at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles." PLOS ONE 16, no. 12 (December 7, 2021): e0260516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260516.

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Coral recruitment and successive growth are essential for post-disturbance reef recovery. As coral recruit and juvenile abundances vary across locations and under different environmental regimes, their assessment at remote, undisturbed reefs improves our understanding of early life stage dynamics of corals. Here, we first explored changes in coral juvenile abundance across three locations (lagoon, seaward west and east) at remote Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles) between 2015 and 2019, which spanned the 2015/16 global coral bleaching event. Secondly, we measured variation in coral recruit abundance on settlement tiles from two sites (lagoon, seaward reef) during August 2018–August 2019. Juvenile abundance decreased from 14.1 ± 1.2 to 7.4 ± 0.5 colonies m-2 (mean ± SE) during 2015–2016 and increased to 22.4 ± 1.2 colonies m-2 during 2016–2019. Whilst juvenile abundance increased two- to three-fold at the lagoonal and seaward western sites during 2016–2018 (from 7.7–8.3 to 17.3–24.7 colonies m-2), increases at the seaward eastern sites occurred later (2018–2019; from 5.8–6.9 to 16.6–24.1 colonies m-2). The composition of coral recruits on settlement tiles was dominated by Pocilloporidae (64–92% of all recruits), and recruit abundance was 7- to 47-fold higher inside than outside the lagoon. Recruit abundance was highest in October–December 2018 (2164 ± 453 recruits m-2) and lowest in June–August 2019 (240 ± 98 recruits m-2). As Acroporid recruit abundance corresponded to this trend, the results suggest that broadcast spawning occurred during October–December, when water temperature increased from 26 to 29°C. This study provides the first published record on coral recruit abundance in the Seychelles Outer Islands, indicates a rapid (2–3 years) increase of juvenile corals following a bleaching event, and provides crucial baseline data for future research on reef resilience and connectivity within the region.
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Budd, Ann F., Thomas A. Stemann, and Kenneth G. Johnson. "Stratigraphic distributions of genera and species of Neogene to Recent Caribbean reef corals." Journal of Paleontology 68, no. 5 (September 1994): 951–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000026585.

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To document evolutionary patterns in late Cenozoic Caribbean reef corals, we compiled composite stratigraphic ranges of 49 genera and 175 species using Neogene occurrences in the Cibao Valley sequence of the northern Dominican Republic and faunal lists for 24 Miocene to Recent sites across the Caribbean region. This new compilation benefits in particular from increased sampling at late Miocene to early Pleistocene sites and from increased resolution and greater taxonomic consistency provided by the use of morphometric procedures in species recognition.Preliminary examination and quantitative analysis of origination and extinction patterns suggest that a major episode of turnover took place between 4 and 1 Ma during Plio-Pleistocene time. During the episode, extinctions were approximately simultaneous in species of all reef-building families, except the Mussidae. Most strongly affected were the Pocilloporidae (Stylophora and Pocillopora), Agariciidae (Pavona and Gardineroseris), and free-living members of the Faviidae and Meandrinidae. At the genus level, mono- and paucispecific as well as more speciose genera became regionally extinct. Many of the extinct genera live today in the Indo-Pacific region, and some are important components of modern eastern Pacific reefs. Global extinctions were concentrated in free-living genera. During the turnover episode, no new genera or higher taxa arose. Instead, new species originated within the surviving Caribbean genera at approximately the same time as the extinctions, including many dominant modern Caribbean reef-building corals (e.g., Acropora palmata and the Montastraea annularis complex).Excluding this episode, the taxonomic composition of the Caribbean reef-coral fauna remained relatively unchanged during the Neogene. Minor exceptions include: 1) high originations in the Agariciidae and free-living corals during late Miocene time; and 2) regional or global extinctions of several important Oligocene Caribbean reef builders during early to middle Miocene time.
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Noonan, Sam H. C., and Katharina E. Fabricius. "Ocean acidification affects productivity but not the severity of thermal bleaching in some tropical corals." ICES Journal of Marine Science 73, no. 3 (July 22, 2015): 715–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv127.

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Abstract Increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are raising sea surface temperature (SST) and causing ocean acidification (OA). While higher SST increases the frequency of mass coral bleaching events, it is unclear how OA will interact to affect this process. In this study, we combine in situ bleaching surveys around three tropical CO2 seeps with a 2-month two-factor (CO2 and temperature) tank experiment to investigate how OA and SST in combination will affect the bleaching susceptibility of tropical reef corals. Surveys at CO2 seep and control sites during a minor regional bleaching event gave little indication that elevated pCO2 influenced the bleaching susceptibility of the wider coral community, the four most common coral families (Acroporidae, Faviidae, Pocilloporidae, or Poritidae), or the thermally sensitive coral species Seriatopora hystrix. In the tank experiment, sublethal bleaching was observed at 31°C after 5 d in S. hystrix and 12 d in Acropora millepora, whereas controls (28°C) did not bleach. None of the measured proxies for coral bleaching was negatively affected by elevated pCO2 at pHT 7.79 (vs. 7.95 pHT in controls), equivalent to ∼780 µatm pCO2 and an aragonite saturation state of 2.5. On the contrary, high pCO2 benefitted some photophysiological measures (although temperature effects were much stronger than CO2 effects): maximum photosystem II quantum yields and light-limited electron transport rates increased in both species at high pCO2, whereas gross photosynthesis and pigment concentrations increased in S. hystrix at high pCO2. The field and laboratory data in combination suggest that OA levels up to a pHT of 7.8 will have little effect on the sensitivity of tropical corals to thermal bleaching. Indeed, some species appear to be able to utilize the more abundant dissolved inorganic carbon to increase productivity; however, these gains offset only a small proportion of the massive bleaching-related energy losses during thermal stress.
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Najmi, Nurul, Ananingtyas S. Darmarini, Nanda Muhammad Razi, Mai Suriani, and Samsul Kahar. "The Current Condition of Coral Reef and Fish Diversity in Gosong Island, Southwest Aceh." Jurnal Ilmiah Perikanan dan Kelautan 15, no. 1 (January 27, 2023): 57–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jipk.v15i1.35917.

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Highlight Research The current condition coverage percentage of coral reefs in the waters of Gosong Island was 55% Percentage of dead coral with algae founded on Gosong Island is 28% On Gosong Island there are 11 families, namely Acroporidae, Agariciidae, Faviidae, Fungiidae, Merulinidae , Mussidae, Dendrophylliidae, Oculinidae, Pectiniidae, Pocilloporidae and Poritidae Abstract The coral reef ecosystem is an important ecosystem; its existence has a very close relationship with the surrounding ecosystem and the reef fish community. The direct and indirect dependence of reef fish on coral reefs has become an important issue at the national and international levels. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of coral reef ecosystem conditions, the percentage of coral growth, identify the types of coral reefs, and the diversity of reef fish species on Gosong Island, Southwest Aceh. Coral reef biophysical characteristics were collected by measuring water quality, calculating the percentage of coral coverage using the Point Intercept Transect (PIT) method, and the abundance of reef fish using the Underwater Fish Visual Census (UFVC) method. The condition of average percentage of coral reefs in the waters of Gosong Island was in a good category (55%), found as many as 31 genera of hard corals included in the line transect. The percentage of base substrate that dominates other than live coral is dead coral with algae (DCA) of 28%. The average abundance of reef fish in Gosong Island waters is 11,260 ind/ha with an average reef fish biomass of 2074,095 kg/yield. The water quality results show good conditions for coral growth in location. Based on the analysis of the structure of the fish community found in the coral reef area, the results showed good results, so the research location became a good habitat for various types of fish associated with coral reef ecosystems on Gosong Island
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Chen, Chienhsun, Chang-Feng Dai, Sakanan Plathong, Chih-Yung Chiou, and Chaolun Allen Chen. "The complete mitochondrial genomes of needle corals, Seriatopora spp. (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae): An idiosyncratic atp8, duplicated trnW gene, and hypervariable regions used to determine species phylogenies and recently diverged populations." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46, no. 1 (January 2008): 19–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.013.

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FRANSEN, CHARLES H. J. M., EVA VAN DER VEER, and PAVLÍNA FROLOVÁ. "A new species of scleractinian associated shrimp of the genus Palaemonella (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) with a redescription of Palaemonella orientalis Dana, 1852." Zootaxa 5214, no. 4 (December 5, 2022): 557–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5214.4.5.

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A new species of Palaemonella, P. rubrolineata sp. nov., is described on the basis of material collected from pocilloporid corals in Indonesia and Vanuatu. The new species is most closely related to P. orientalis, another tropical Indo-West Pacific species usually found in association with pocilloporid and acroporid corals. The new species can be distinguished from P. orientalis based on the presence of a hepatic spine, the more slender rostrum, body and longer appendages, the pleura of the fifth abdominal segment having a posteroventral tooth, the absence of distal rows of long serrate setae on the fingers of the first pereiopods, and in having the cutting edges of the second chela as well as the joints of the pereiopods dark red colored.
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Mayfield, Anderson B., Alexandra C. Dempsey, Chii-Shiarng Chen, and Chiahsin Lin. "Expediting the Search for Climate-Resilient Reef Corals in the Coral Triangle with Artificial Intelligence." Applied Sciences 12, no. 24 (December 16, 2022): 12955. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122412955.

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Numerous physical, chemical, and biological factors influence coral resilience in situ, yet current models aimed at forecasting coral health in response to climate change and other stressors tend to focus on temperature and coral abundance alone. To develop more robust predictions of reef coral resilience to environmental change, we trained an artificial intelligence (AI) with seawater quality, benthic survey, and molecular biomarker data from the model coral Pocillopora acuta obtained during a research expedition to the Solomon Islands. This machine-learning (ML) approach resulted in neural network models with the capacity to robustly predict (R2 = ~0.85) a benchmark for coral stress susceptibility, the “coral health index,” from significantly cheaper, easier-to-measure environmental and ecological features alone. A GUI derived from an ML desirability analysis was established to expedite the search for other climate-resilient pocilloporids within this Coral Triangle nation, and the AI specifically predicts that resilient pocilloporids are likely to be found on deeper fringing fore reefs in the eastern, more sparsely populated region of this under-studied nation. Although small in geographic expanse, we nevertheless hope to promote this first attempt at building AI-driven predictive models of coral health that accommodate not only temperature and coral abundance, but also physiological data from the corals themselves.
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Alonso-Domínguez, Arizbeth, Manuel Ayón-Parente, Michel E. Hendrickx, Eduardo Ríos-Jara, Ofelia Vargas-Ponce, María del Carmen Esqueda-González, and Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez-Zaragoza. "Taxonomic Diversity of Decapod and Stomatopod Crustaceans Associated with Pocilloporid Corals in the Central Mexican Pacific." Diversity 14, no. 2 (January 21, 2022): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14020072.

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Many crustacean species are obligate associates of pocilloporid corals, where they feed, reproduce, and find shelter. However, these coral-associated crustaceans have been poorly studied in the eastern tropical Pacific. Determining the crustacean richness and taxonomic distinctness could help in comparing different coral reefs and the potential effects of degradation. This study evaluated the spatio–temporal variation of the taxonomic diversity and distinctness of coral-associated crustaceans in four ecosystems of the Central Mexican Pacific (CMP) with different conditions and coral cover. In all ecosystems, 48 quadrants were sampled during the summer and winter for two years. A total of 12,647 individuals belonging to 88 species, 43 genera, and 21 families were recorded. The sampling effort yielded 79.6% of the expected species richness in the study area. Species rarity had 19% singletons, 4% doubletons, 22% unique, and 9% duplicate species; two species represented new records for the Mexican Pacific, and six were new to the CMP. This study recorded most of the symbiotic crustacean species in pocilloporid corals previously reported in the CMP. The taxonomic diversity and distinctness differed significantly between coral ecosystems and seasons, which was also visualized by nMDS ordination, showing an evident spatio–temporal variation in the taxonomic beta diversity.
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Villanueva, RD, HT Yap, and MNE Montaño. "Timing of planulation by pocilloporid corals in the northwestern Philippines." Marine Ecology Progress Series 370 (October 28, 2008): 111–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07659.

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Tanner, J. E. "Seasonality and lunar periodicity in the reproduction of Pocilloporid corals." Coral Reefs 15, no. 1 (March 1996): 59–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01626077.

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Tanner, J. E. "Seasonality and lunar periodicity in the reproduction of Pocilloporid corals." Coral Reefs 15, no. 1 (February 1, 1996): 59–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003380050028.

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Pisapia, Chiara, Jessica Stella, Nyssa J. Silbiger, and Robert Carpenter. "Epifaunal invertebrate assemblages associated with branching Pocilloporids in Moorea, French Polynesia." PeerJ 8 (June 19, 2020): e9364. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9364.

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Reef-building corals can harbour high abundances of diverse invertebrate epifauna. Coral characteristics and environmental conditions are important drivers of community structure of coral-associated invertebrates; however, our current understanding of drivers of epifaunal distributions is still unclear. This study tests the relative importance of the physical environment (current flow speed) and host quality (e.g., colony height, surface area, distance between branches, penetration depth among branches, and background partial mortality) in structuring epifaunal communities living within branching Pocillopora colonies on a back reef in Moorea, French Polynesia. A total of 470 individuals belonging to four phyla, 16 families and 39 genera were extracted from 36 Pocillopora spp. colonies. Decapods were the most abundant epifaunal organisms (accounting for 84% of individuals) found living in Pocillopora spp. While coral host characteristics and flow regime are very important, these parameters were not correlated with epifaunal assemblages at the time of the study. Epifaunal assemblages associated with Pocillopora spp. were consistent and minimally affected by differences in host characteristics and flow regime. The consistency in abundance and taxon richness among colonies (regardless of habitat characteristics) highlighted the importance of total habitat availability. With escalating effects of climate change and other localized disturbances, it is critical to preserve branching corals to support epifaunal communities.
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Baird, A. H., and R. C. Babcock. "Morphological differences among three species of newly settled pocilloporid coral recruits." Coral Reefs 19, no. 2 (July 27, 2000): 179–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/pl00006955.

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Cumbo, V. R., T. Y. Fan, and P. J. Edmunds. "Physiological development of brooded larvae from two pocilloporid corals in Taiwan." Marine Biology 159, no. 12 (September 27, 2012): 2853–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2046-y.

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Palacios, M. M., C. G. Muñoz, and F. A. Zapata. "Fish corallivory on a pocilloporid reef and experimental coral responses to predation." Coral Reefs 33, no. 3 (June 1, 2014): 625–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1173-y.

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Nakamura, T., and H. Yamasaki. "Requirement of water-flow for sustainable growth of Pocilloporid corals during high temperature periods." Marine Pollution Bulletin 50, no. 10 (October 2005): 1115–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.025.

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Holmes, Glen, Juan Ortiz, Paulina Kaniewska, and Ron Johnstone. "Using three-dimensional surface area to compare the growth of two Pocilloporid coral species." Marine Biology 155, no. 4 (August 26, 2008): 421–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1040-x.

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