A5068980546- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- German History and Society
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
University College of the Cayman Islands
2021-2024
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
2013-2023
Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Foundation
2022
Mote Marine Laboratory
2010-2013
Harvard University
2009-2011
Abstract Studying the mechanisms that enable coral populations to inhabit spatially varying thermal environments can help evaluate how they will respond in time effects of global climate change and elucidate evolutionary forces or constrain adaptation. Inshore reefs Florida Keys experience higher temperatures than offshore for prolonged periods during summer. We conducted a common garden experiment with heat stress as our selective agent test local adaptation corals from inshore reefs. show...
Acute catastrophic events can cause significant damage to marine environments in a short time period and may have devastating long-term impacts. In April 2010 the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon (DWH) offshore oil rig exploded, releasing an estimated 760 million liters of crude into Gulf Mexico. This study examines potential effects spill exposure on coral larvae Florida Keys. Larvae brooding coral, Porites astreoides, broadcast spawning Montastraea faveolata, were exposed multiple...
Despite more than 60 yr of coral reef research using scuba diving, mesophotic ecosystems (MCEs) between 30 and 150 m depth remain largely unknown. This study represents the first underwater visual census fish communities in Greater Caribbean on MCEs at depths up to 80 Bermuda 130 Curaçao. Sampling was performed mixed-gas closed-circuit rebreathers. Quantitative data were obtained for four habitats: reefs (45–80 m), rhodolith beds ledges (85–130 m) walls m). A total 38 species recorded 66...
Previous studies of symbiotic associations between scleractinians corals and Symbiodinium have demonstrated that the consortium symbionts can change in response to environmental conditions. However, less is known about symbiont shuffling during early coral development, particularly brooding species. This study examined whether consortia (1) varied Porites astreoides on shallow (10m) upper mesophotic (30m) reefs, (2) changed (3) influenced growth juveniles different environments. ITS2...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 558:193-206 (2016) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11838 Diet of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) in Bermuda Corey Eddy1,*, Joanna Pitt2, James A. Morris Jr.3, Struan Smith4, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley5, Diego Bernal1 1University Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, MA 02747,...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) occur in the middle to lower photic zone (~30 150 m) of tropical and subtropical regions, are often extensions shallow reef communities, generally hold great importance for local commercial fisheries. Compared their shallower counterpart, MCEs have been traditionally understudied, primarily due inaccessibility with traditional monitoring methodologies. In this study, we aim provide an interdisciplinary assessment biodiversity Bermudan fish communities from...
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs)—reefs below 30m depth—represent distinct ecological communities that are under threat from local (e.g., fishing) and global climate change) disturbances. However, most MCEs remain unexplored, their not well characterized. on remote offshore seamounts further unexplored provide the opportunity to assess assembly rules comparatively less disturbed MCEs, given remoteness settlements with high human population densities. Here, we characterize fish community...
Abstract Coral reefs are increasingly threatened worldwide by a variety of biological and physical factors, including disease, bleaching ocean acidification. Understanding levels connectivity among widespread populations can assist in conservation efforts the design marine protected areas, as larval dispersal scales affect population demography. This study examined genetic morphological variation broadcast spawning coral Montastraea cavernosa (L., 1767) five locations Caribbean Western...
Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) are now ubiquitous throughout the Caribbean Western Atlantic on shallow deep reefs. Recent surveys in Bermuda have revealed dense aggregations of mesophotic reefs (60 m depth), yet these densities not pervasive across at this depth. Using diver-led visual reef sites, study examines how variations potential ecological drivers may affect distribution. Significant correlations were found with prey fish density biomass, where sites higher...
Mesophotic coral reef ecosystems remain largely unexplored with only limited information available on taxonomic composition, abundance and distribution. Yet, mesophotic reefs may serve as potential refugia for shallow-water species thus understanding biodiversity, ecology connectivity of deep communities is integral resource management conservation. The Caribbean coral, Montastraea cavernosa, considered a depth generalist commonly found at depths. We surveyed size-frequency M. cavernosa...
Abstract Reef‐building corals respond to the temporal integration of both pulse events (i.e., heat waves) and press thermal history local environment) via physiological changes, with ecological consequences. We used a “press‐pulse‐press” experimental framework expose brooding coral Porites astreoides various histories understand response dynamics within across generations. collected adult colonies from two reefs (outer Rim reef inner Patch reef) in Bermuda naturally contrasting regimes as...
Depth related parameters, specifically light, affect different aspects of corals physiology, including fluorescence. GFP-like pigments found in many coral species have been suggested to serve a variety functions, photo-protection and photo-enhancement. Using fluorescence imaging molecular analysis,we further investigated the role these proteins on physiology Stylophora pistillata its algal partners. Fluorescence was differ significantly between depths for larvae adult colonies. Larvae from...
Abstract The ecological distribution of coral species from shallow to mesophotic reefs is dependent on light, which varies drastically among local environments. Current definitions ecosystems primarily rely a 30‐m recreational SCUBA boundary define the upper limits community; however, this does not consider conditions and physiological adaptions species. Using in situ benthic imagery chlorophyll fluorescence measurements, we examined community similarity, as well photoacclimatization two...
The distribution of symbiotic scleractinian corals is driven, in part, by light availability, as host energy demands are partially met through translocation photosynthate. Physiological plasticity response to environmental conditions, such light, enables the expansion resilient phenotypes face changing conditions. Here we compared physiology, morphology, and taxonomy endosymbionts individual Madracis pharensis exposed dramatically different conditions based on colony orientation surface a...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) represent unique ecological habitats that range from 30 to 150 m deep, harbouring phylogenetically distinct species and offering refuge for many taxa during times of environmental stress. Yet owing inaccessibility ecosystems at these depths, most MCEs remain unexplored, with quantifications communities in lacking across regions. Here, using open- closed-circuit technical diving, we quantified benthic fish community composition four mesophotic reef sites (45...
Abstract Context Coral reef resilience is the product of multiple interacting processes that occur across various scales. This complexity presents challenges for identifying solutions to ongoing worldwide decline coral ecosystems are threatened by both local and global human stressors. Objectives We highlight how studied at spatial, temporal, functional scales, explore emerging technologies bringing new insights our understanding resilience. then provide a framework integrating scales using...
Mesophotic reefs have been proposed as climate change refugia but are not synonymous ecosystems with shallow and remain exposed to anthropogenic impacts. Planulae from the reef-building coral