Temperature-regulated bleaching and lysis of the coral Pocillopora damicornis by the novel pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus
"Coral bleaching is the disruption of symbioses between coral animals and their photosynthetic microalgal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae). It has been suggested that large-scale bleaching episodes are linked to global warming. The data presented here demons...
Role of flagella in virulence of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus
"A recently available transposition system was utilized to isolate a nonmotile mutant of the coral-bleaching pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus. The mutation was localized to the flhA gene, and the mutant lacked flagella. The flhA mutant was unable to exhibi...
Achieving social and ecological goals of coastal management through integrated monitoring
"High school students work alongside foresters in the Manell-Geus Habitat Focus Area to plant trees in watersheds adjacent to sensitive coral reef habitat. Integrated monitoring indicated a disconnect between measured resource status and community percept...
Describing coral reef bleaching using very high spatial resolution satellite imagery: Experimental methodology
"This paper proposes an experimental methodology toward describing and quantifying coral reef bleaching using very high spatial resolution optical satellite imagery. Sea surface temperature-based bleaching alerts issued by NOAA's Coral Reef Watch triggere...
Ecosystem monitoring for ecosystem-based management: Using a polycentric approach to balance information trade-offs
"Over the past few decades, the call for ecosystem-basedmanagement (EBM) created a major shift in globalresource management policy. EBM aims to achieve con-servation, sustainable use and the fair allocation of bene-?ts from natural resources, thereby stri...
A framework for identifying and characterising coral reef "oases" against a backback of degradation
"1. Human activities have led to widespread ecological decline; however, the severity of degradation is spatially heterogeneous due to some locations resisting, escaping, or rebounding from disturbances. 2. We developed a framework for identifying oases w...
Temperature-regulated bleaching and lysis of the coral Pocillopora damicornis by the novel pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus