Dynamics and patterns of algal colonization on mechanically damaged and dead colonies of the coral Porites lutea

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-296

  Titlyanov, Eduard A ^a,b   Titlyanova, Tamara V ^a   Chapman, David J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Competition; Coral regeneration; Dynamics of colonization; Porites lutea

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DAMAGE; DIATOM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRINGING REEF; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LESION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REGENERATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SESOKO;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PORITES LUTEA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 49949114481     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.042     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. An, N.T., V.D. Son, P.M. Thu and N.H. Huan. 2000. Tracing sediment transport and bed regime in Nha Trang Bay. Col. Mar. Res. Works 10: 63-69.
2. Aronson, R.B., J.F. Bruno, W.F. Precht, P.W. Glynn, C.D. Harvell, L. Kaufman, C.S. Rogers, E.A. Shinn and J.F. Valentine. 2003. Causes of coral reef degradation. Science 302: 1502-1504.
3. Bak, R.P.M. 1983. Neoplasia, regeneration and growth in the reef-building coral Acropora palmata. Mar. Biol. 77: 221-227.
4. Bak, R.P.M. and E.Y. van Steward. 1980. Regeneration of superficial damage in the scleractinian corals Agaricia agaricites f. purpurea and Porites astreoides. Bull. Mar. Sci. 30: 883-887.
5. Bruckner, A.W. and R.J. Bruckner. 2001. Condition of restored Acropora palmata fragments of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, 2 years after the Fortuna Reefer ship grounding. Coral Reefs 20: 235-243.
6. Connell, J.H. 1997. Disturbance and recovery of coral assemblages. Proc. Eighth Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1: 9-22.
7. Crossland, C.J. 1987. In situ release of mucus and DOC-lipid from the corals Acropora variabilis and Stylophora pistillata in different light regimes. Coral Reefs 6: 35-42.
8. Diaz-Pulido, G. and L. McCook. 2002 The fate of bleached corals: patterns and dynamics of algal recruitment. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 232: 115-128.
9. Diaz-Pulido, G. and L. McCook. 2003. Top-down and bottom-up processes interact with seaweed recruitment on a coral reef. Ecology 84: 2026-2033.
10. Diaz-Pulido, G. and L. McCook. 2004. Algal recruitment on a coral reef: interactions with corals, other benthic organisms, and substrate types. Coral Reefs 23: 225-233.
11. Glynn, P.W. 1990. Coral mortality and disturbance to coral reefs in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. In: (P.W. Glynn, ed.) Global ecological consequences of the 1982-83 El Niño-southern oscillation. Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp. 55-126.
12. Glynn, P.W. 1993. Coral reef bleaching: ecological perspectives. Coral Reefs 12: 1-17.
13. Goreau, T.F. 1964. Mass expulsion of zooxanthellae from Jamaican reef communities after hurricane Flora. Science 145: 383-386.
14. Hall, V.R. 1997. Interspecific differences in the regeneration of artificial injuries on scleractinian corals. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 212: 9-23.
15. Hall, V.R. 2001. The response of Acropora hyacinthus and Montipora tuberculosa to three different types of colony damage: scraping injury, tissue mortality and breakage. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 264: 209-223.
16. Harlin, M.M. and J.M. Lindbergh. 1977. Selection of substrata by seaweeds: optimal surface relief. Mar. Biol. 40: 33-40.
17. Latypov, Y.Y. 2006. Changes in the composition and structure of coral communities of Mju and Moon Islands, Nha Trang Bay, South China Sea. Russ. J. Mar. Biol. 32: 326-332.
18. Littler, M. and D. Littler. 1984. Models of tropical reef biogenesis: The contribution of algae. Prog. Phycol. Res. 3: 323-364.
19. Littler, M.M. and D.S. Littler. 1988. Structure and role of algae in tropical reef communities. In: (C.A. Lembi and J.R. Waaland, eds) Algae and human affairs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 30-56.
20. Marshall, P.A. 2000. Skeletal damage in reef corals: relating resistance to colony morphology. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 200: 177-189.
21. McCook, L.J. 1999. Macroalgae, nutrients and phase shifts on coral reefs: scientific issues and management consequences for the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 18: 357-367.
22. McCook, L.J., J. Jompa and G. Diaz-Pulido. 2001 Competition between corals and algae on coral reefs: a review of evidence and mechanisms. Coral Reefs 69: 400-417.
23. Meesters, E.H. and R.P.M. Bak. 1995. Age-related deterioration of a physiological function in the branching coral Acropora palmata. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 121: 203-209.
24. Meesters, E.H., A. Bos and G.J. Gast. 1993. Effects of sedimentation and lesion position on coral tissue regeneration. Proc. Seventh Int. Coral Reef Symp. 2: 681-688.
25. Meesters, E.H., M. Noordeloos, and R.P.M. Bak. 1994. Damage and regeneration: links to growth in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 112: 119-128.
26. Nugues, M.M. and C.M. Roberts. 2003. Coral mortality and interaction with algae in relation to sedimentation. Coral Reefs 22: 507-516.
27. Nugues, M.M., G.W. Smith, R.J. Van Hooidonk, M.J. Seabra and R.P.M. Bak. 2004. Algal contact as a trigger for coral disease. Ecol. Lett. 7: 919-923.
28. Oren, U., Y. Benayahu and Y. Loya. 1997. Effect of lesion size and shape on regeneration of the Red Sea coral Favia favus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 6: 101-107.
29. Price, J.R. and F.J. Scott. 1992. The turf algal flora of the Great Barrier Reef. Part I. Rhodophyta. James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville. pp. 266.
30. Rinkevich, B. and Y. Loya. 1989. Reproduction in regenerating colonies of the coral Stylophora pistillata. In: (E. Spanier, Y. Steinberger and N. Luria, eds) Environmental quality and ecosystem stability. IVB, ISEEQS Publishers, Jerusalem. pp. 259-265.
31. Sergeeva, O.S., T.V. Titlyanova and E.A. Titlyanov. 2007. Species composition and distribution of algae on a fringing reef of Sesoko Island (Ryukyu Archipelago) before and after the 1998 bleaching event. Russ. J. Mar. Biol. 33: 37-48.
32. Smith, J.E., M. Shaw, R.A. Edwards, D. Obura, O. Pantos, E. Sala, S.A. Sandin, S. Smriga, M. Hatay and F.L. Rohwer. 2006. Indirect effects of algae on coral: algal mediated, microbe-induced coral mortality. Ecol. Lett. 9: 835-845.
33. Sussman, M., D.G. Bourne and B.L. Willis. 2006. A single cyanobacterial ribotype is associated with both red and black bands on diseased corals from Palau. Dis. Aquat. Org. 69: 111-118.
34. Titlyanov, E.A. 1991. The stable level of coral primary production in a wide light range. Hydrobiologia 216/217: 383-387.
35. Titlyanov, E.A., T.V. Titlyanova, I.M. Yakovleva, Y. Nakano and R. Bhagooli. 2005. Regeneration of artificial injuries on scleractinian corals and coral/algal competition for newly formed substrate. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 323: 27-42.
36. Titlyanov, E.A., T.V. Titlyanova, I.M. Yakovleva and O.S. Sergeeva. 2006a. Three stages of injuries regeneration on scleractinian corals. Galaxea, JCRS 8: 39-50.
37. Titlyanov, E.A., S. Kiyashko, T.V. Titlyanova, I. Yakovleva and E. Wada. 2006b. Coral-algal competition as determined from the rates of overgrowth, physiological condition of polyps of the scleractinian coral Porites lutea, and structure of algal associations within boundary areas. Proc. Tenth Int. Coral Reef Symp: 1931-1942.
38. Titlyanov, E.A., T.V. Titlyanova, I.M. Yakovleva and O.S. Sergeeva. 2006c. Influence of winter and spring/summer algal communities on the growth and physiology of adjacent scleractinian corals. Bot. Mar. 49: 200-207.
39. Titlyanov, E.A., T.V. Titlyanova, I.M. Yakovleva and O.S. Sergeeva. 2007. Interaction between benthic algae (Lyngbya bouillonii, Dictyota dichotoma) and scleractinian coral Porites lutea in direct contact. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 342: 282-291.
40. Wahle, C.M. 1983. Regeneration of injuries among Jamaican gorgonians: the roles of colony physiology and environment. Biol. Bull. 164: 778-790.
41. Weil, E., G. Smith and D. Gil-Agudelo. 2006. Status and progress in coral reef disease research. Dis. Aquat. Org. 69: 1-7.
42. Woodley, J.D., E.A. Chornesky, P.A. Clifford, J.B.C. Jackson, L.S. Kaufinan, N. Knowlton, J.C. Lang, M.P. Pearson, J.W. Porter, M.C. Rooney, K.W. Rylaarsdam, V.J. Tunnicliffe, C.M. Wahle, J.L. Wulff, A.S.G. Curtis, M.D. Dallmeyer, B.P. Jupp, M.A.R. Kodhl, J. Neigel and E.M. Sides. 1981. Hurricane Allen's impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs. Science 214: 749-755.
43. Yakovleva, I.M. and E.A. Titlyanov. 2001. Effect of high visible and UV irradiance on subtidal Chondrus crispus: stress photoinhibition and protective mechanisms. Aquat. Bot. 71: 47-61.
44. Yakovleva, I.M., M. Dring and E.A. Titlyanov. 1998. Tolerance of North Sea algae to UV and visible radiation. Russ. J. Plant Physiol. 45: 45-54.