Reproductive seasonality, settlement, and post-settlement mortality of Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus), at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Harriott, V. J.

doi:10.1007/bf00336721

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“…The same is true for P. damicornis in Australia (Harriott 1983). It has been shown that the biofilm bacterial communities can differ vastly among different CCA species (Johnson et al 1991) as well as among non-biological surfaces at different depths and times (Webster et al 2004).…”

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Larvae of Pocillopora damicornis (Anthozoa) settle and metamorphose in response to surface-biofilm bacteria

Tran¹,

Hadfield²

2011

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

125

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Larvae of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis require a natural cue from surface-biofilm bacteria to select a suitable substratum on which to attach, metamorphose, and grow into a benthic polyp. In this study, bacteria were isolated from various reef surfaces, including different species of corals and algae, and glass slides that had been placed in the field for 1 to 2 mo. Settlement assays were conducted on monospecific biofilms of bacteria isolated from the field. Of 52 different isolates, 3 showed strongly inductive capacity, whereas the others were moderately to non-inductive. The isolates were identified by sequencing their 16S rRNA genes, and their phylogenetic relationships were then analyzed. There was no correlation between the inductive capacities of individual bacterial species and their phylogenetic relationships nor between their inductive capacities and the surfaces from which they were isolated. Varying the biofilm densities affected settlement only by a strongly inductive bacterial species. Different bacterial species may also affect the inductive capacities of other species when combined. The new data provided here broaden our understanding of the roles of bacteria in the recruitment of coral larvae.

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confidence: 83%

Larvae of Pocillopora damicornis (Anthozoa) settle and metamorphose in response to surface-biofilm bacteria

Tran¹,

Hadfield²

2011

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

125

105

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“…Surfaces previously used in coral recruitment experiments include artificial substrata not generally found in the reef environment such as glass (Stephenson 1931, Hamgan 1972, Lewis 1974, Goreau et al 1981, Coles 1985, terracotta or ceramic tiles (Vaughan 1959 [cited in Lewis 19741, Brock 1979, Baggett & Bright 1985, PVC surfaces or plastic Petri dishes (Birkeland 1977, Birkeland et al 1982, Wallace & Bull 1982, Harriott 1983a, concrete blocks (Fitzhardinge 1985); as well as other surfaces similar to those found naturally in the field, such as tridacnid clam shells (Babcock 1986), slices of coral block (Harriott 1983b, Sammarco 1983, Alino et al 1985, Babcock 1985, 1986, and the outer surface of pieces of dead coral (Hamgan 1972, Lewis 1974, Sammarco & Carleton 1982, Wallace & Bdl 1982, Rylaarsdam 1983, Wallace 1983, 1985a.…”

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A comparison of settlement plate types for experiments on the recruitment of scleractinian corals

Harriott¹,

Fisk²

1987

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

110

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Eight substratum types, covering the range normally used for experiments on recruitment of scleractinian corals, were compared for cost, convenience, ability to attract recruits, and taxonomic composition of recruits. Plates varied significantly in number and types of recruits, indicating that studies uhlizing different types of settlement surfaces cannot be compared directly to one another. Recruitment patterns also varied between forereef and backreef study sites, a d d~n g to the growing list of factors that contribute to variability in scleractinian recruitment.

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“…Sin embargo, algunos autores plantean que es el tamaño del pólipo lo que limita la reproducción, entre ellos podemos mencionar a: Harriott (1983) que encontró que para 4 especies de coral de la familia Mussidae el tamaño del pólipo más que el tamaño de la colonia es lo que limita la producción de gónadas. Por otro lado, Van Veghel y Kahmann (1994) encontraron que la fertilidad de O. annularis fue menor de 40% para pólipos pequeños (< 1,5 mm) y se incrementó con el diámetro del pólipo (Harriot 1983, Sakai 1998. En este estudio se muestrearon colonias con un tamaño mayor a 100 cm 2 , con el fin de garantizar las condiciones que pueden asegurar una etapa reproductiva de las colonias en el arrecife.…”

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Evaluación de la gametogénesis y fecundidad de corales escleractinios: Orbicella annularis, Pseudodiploria strigosa y Siderastrea siderea, en Isla Fuerte (Bolívar), Colombia

Pareja-Ortega

Quan-Young

2016

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Reproductive seasonality, settlement, and post-settlement mortality of Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus), at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Cited by 116 publications

References 8 publications

Larvae of Pocillopora damicornis (Anthozoa) settle and metamorphose in response to surface-biofilm bacteria

Larvae of Pocillopora damicornis (Anthozoa) settle and metamorphose in response to surface-biofilm bacteria

A comparison of settlement plate types for experiments on the recruitment of scleractinian corals

Evaluación de la gametogénesis y fecundidad de corales escleractinios: Orbicella annularis, Pseudodiploria strigosa y Siderastrea siderea, en Isla Fuerte (Bolívar), Colombia

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