The effects of a coral disease on the reproductive output of Montastraea faveolata (Scleractinia: Faviidae)
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| contents | The effects of a coral disease on the reproductive output of Montastraea faveolata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) Jill L. Borger Susan Colley Biología Dominica white plague Coral disease coral reproduction Montastraea faveolata The direct impacts of coral diseases on coral populations have been assessed by quantifying coral tissue loss and colony mortality, but the determination of the indirect effects of diseases, such as disruptions in life history functions (e.g. reproduction, growth and maintenance), are more difficult to ascertain and have been scant. This study involved a comparison of various measures of reproductive output from histological slides of healthy tissue samples of Montastraea faveolata and tissue samples from colonies with white plague (WP) infections in Dominica (West Indies). Although the variability in the reproductive data was high, WP had significant negative impacts on the percentage of reproductive polyps per cm2, the percentage of reproductive mesenteries within a polyp, oocyte quantity per polyp, mean oocyte volume (mm3), and fecundity (oocyte volume per cm2 of tissue). However, these effects were only observed in the tissue directly impacted by the WP disease "band" and were not observed in tissue samples taken 20 cm away from the lesion. Therefore, the effects of a coral disease (WP) on reproductive output are localized and not expressed colony-wide. Rev. Biol. Trop. 58 (Suppl. 3): 99-110. Epub 2010 October 01. 2010 artículo científico 0034-7744 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44920949010 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=449 Revista de Biología Tropical application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Num.3 Vol.58 |
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| spellingShingle | The effects of a coral disease on the reproductive output of Montastraea faveolata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) Jill L. Borger Biología Dominica white plague Coral disease coral reproduction Montastraea faveolata The effects of a coral disease on the reproductive output of Montastraea faveolata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) Jill L. Borger Susan Colley Biología Dominica white plague Coral disease coral reproduction Montastraea faveolata The direct impacts of coral diseases on coral populations have been assessed by quantifying coral tissue loss and colony mortality, but the determination of the indirect effects of diseases, such as disruptions in life history functions (e.g. reproduction, growth and maintenance), are more difficult to ascertain and have been scant. This study involved a comparison of various measures of reproductive output from histological slides of healthy tissue samples of Montastraea faveolata and tissue samples from colonies with white plague (WP) infections in Dominica (West Indies). Although the variability in the reproductive data was high, WP had significant negative impacts on the percentage of reproductive polyps per cm2, the percentage of reproductive mesenteries within a polyp, oocyte quantity per polyp, mean oocyte volume (mm3), and fecundity (oocyte volume per cm2 of tissue). However, these effects were only observed in the tissue directly impacted by the WP disease "band" and were not observed in tissue samples taken 20 cm away from the lesion. Therefore, the effects of a coral disease (WP) on reproductive output are localized and not expressed colony-wide. Rev. Biol. Trop. 58 (Suppl. 3): 99-110. Epub 2010 October 01. 2010 artículo científico 0034-7744 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44920949010 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=449 Revista de Biología Tropical application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Num.3 Vol.58 |
| title | The effects of a coral disease on the reproductive output of Montastraea faveolata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) |
| topic | Biología Dominica white plague Coral disease coral reproduction Montastraea faveolata |
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