Impacts of fragment genotype, habitat, and size on outplanted elkhorn coral success under thermal stress
Active coral restoration through coral ‘gardening’ aims to remediate some of the drastic coral cover lost on Caribbean reefs, with increasing attention to the imperiled, iconic foundation species elkhorn coral Acropora palmata. We documented 2 experiments...
2007 Quick Look Report [electronic resource] : large-scale assessment of Acropora corals, coral species richness, urchins and Coralliophila snails in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Biscayne National Park / Steven L. Miller, Mark Chiappone and Leanne M. Rutten.
"The declines in abundance of two of the principal Caribbean reef-building corals , staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) and elkhorn coral (A. palmata ) (Figure 1), are often-cited examples of the changes in western Atlantic reefs that have occurred duri...
Genet-specific spawning patterns in Acropora palmata
The broadcast spawning elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, requires outcrossing among different genets for effective fertilization. Hence, a low density of genets in parts of its range emphasizes the need for precise synchrony among neighboring genets as spe...
Small-scale habitat selection by larvae of a reef-building coral
When animals select habitats, they integrate positive and negative cues in the environment that shape their choices about where to live. We conducted a settlement experiment with the larvae of Orbicella faveolata, a reef-building scleractinian coral on Ca...
Effects of Coralliophila violacea on tissue loss in the scleractinian corals Porites spp. depend on host response
We investigated interactions between the corallivorous gastropod Coralliophila violacea and its preferred hosts Porites spp. Our objectives were to experimentally determine whether tissue loss could progress in Porites during or after Coralliophila predat...
Coral spawning and larval observations, upper Florida Keys, 2016
"The SEFSC benthic team has led efforts, over many years, to document coral spawning and various aspects of larval ecology and early life history of upper Keys Acropora palmata and Orbicella faveolata (Miller et al. 2016). The 2016 coral spawning season h...
"There has been a marked decline in the abundance of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata in recent decades. Natural and anthropogenic factors such as disease, storm damage, and bleaching interact synergistically to affect the health and abundanc...
Field guidebook to the reefs of Belize / by James A. Miller, Ian G. Macintyre.