Reef-scale impacts of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak
Por:
Estrada-Saldivar, Nuria, Molina-Hernandez, Ana, Perez-Cervantes, Esmeralda, Medellin-Maldonado, Francisco, Gonzalez-Barrios, F. Javier, Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo
Publicada:
1 ago 2020
Categoría:
Aquatic science
Resumen:
Anthropogenic and natural disturbances have modified coral reef
ecosystems over the last decades, ultimately, exerting negative impacts
on the persistence of the carbonated matrix and the physical function.
In 2014, the Caribbean region saw the onset of a new deadly coral
disease, often known as the stony coral tissue loss disease. In summer
of 2018, the outbreak was first reported in the Mexican Caribbean in a
diving site named `Fish Market'. From July 2018 to March 2019, surveys
were made to assess the impacts of this new outbreak in the stony coral
community in terms of composition and the effect on the coral community
calcification. This disease outbreak had severe consequences for this
site. Several colonies of susceptible species were lost, which resulted
in significant changes in the coral community composition and reductions
in the gross carbonate production in a period of only 8 months.
Filiaciones:
Estrada-Saldivar, Nuria:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Biodivers & Reef Conservat Lab, Unidad Acad Sistemas Arrecifales, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Molina-Hernandez, Ana:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Biodivers & Reef Conservat Lab, Unidad Acad Sistemas Arrecifales, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Perez-Cervantes, Esmeralda:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Biodivers & Reef Conservat Lab, Unidad Acad Sistemas Arrecifales, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Medellin-Maldonado, Francisco:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Biodivers & Reef Conservat Lab, Unidad Acad Sistemas Arrecifales, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Gonzalez-Barrios, F. Javier:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Biodivers & Reef Conservat Lab, Unidad Acad Sistemas Arrecifales, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Mar & Limnol, Biodivers & Reef Conservat Lab, Unidad Acad Sistemas Arrecifales, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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