Science Articles – Saltwatta

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Cramer, Katie L; O’Dea, Aaron; Clark, Tara R; Zhao, Jian-xin; Norris, Richard D

Prehistorical and historical declines in Caribbean coral reef accretion rates driven by loss of parrotfish Journal Article

In: Nature Communications, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1–8, 2017.

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F. Dueñas, Luisa; Cedeño-Posso, Cristina; Grajales, Alejandro; Herrera, Santiago; Rodriguez, Estefanía; Armando Sánchez, Juan; Leon, Jorge; Puentes, Vladimir

First visual occurrence data for deep-sea cnidarians in the South-western Colombian Caribbean Journal Article

In: Biodiversity Data Journal, vol. 7, pp. e33091, 2019, ISSN: 1314-2836.

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Sánchez, Juan Armando; Gómez-Corrales, Matías; Gutierrez-Cala, Lina; Vergara, Diana Carolina; Roa, Paula; González-Zapata, Fanny L; Gnecco, Mariana; Puerto, Nicole; Neira, Lorena; Sarmiento, Adriana

Steady Decline of Corals and Other Benthic Organisms in the SeaFlower Biosphere Reserve (Southwestern Caribbean) Journal Article

In: Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 6, pp. 73, 2019, ISSN: 2296-7745.

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title = {Steady Decline of Corals and Other Benthic Organisms in the SeaFlower Biosphere Reserve (Southwestern Caribbean)},

author = {Juan Armando Sánchez and Matías Gómez-Corrales and Lina Gutierrez-Cala and Diana Carolina Vergara and Paula Roa and Fanny L González-Zapata and Mariana Gnecco and Nicole Puerto and Lorena Neira and Adriana Sarmiento},

url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00073},

doi = {10.3389/fmars.2019.00073},

issn = {2296-7745},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Frontiers in Marine Science},

volume = {6},

pages = {73},

abstract = {Coral reef decline persists as a global issue with ties to climate change and human footprint. The SeaFlower Biosphere reserve includes some of the most isolated oceanic coral reefs in the Southwestern Caribbean, which provide natural experiments to test global and/or basin-wide factors affecting coral reefs. In this study, we compared coral and other substrate cover (algae, cyanobacteria, and octocorals), along population densities of keystone urchin species from two atolls (Serrana and Roncador Banks), during 1995, 2003, and 2015/2016. We also surveyed benthic foraminifera as a water quality proxy for coral growth in the last period. A steady reduction in coral cover was clearly observed at Roncador’s lagoon, but not at Serrana’s reefs, with significant differences between 1995 and 2015/2016. Percent cover of fleshy algae decreased significantly also at Roncador between 1995 and 2003 but did not change notably from 1995 to 2016 at Serrana. However, both Banks exhibited a loss in crustose corallin e algae from 2003 to 2015/2016. Likewise, a reduction in bottom complexity, measured as bottom rugosity, was evident between 1995 and 2003. Roncador Bank had unprecedented high octocoral densities, which increased almost threefold from 2003 to 2015. In contrast, urchin densities were low in Roncador; only Diadema antillarum increased from 2003 to 2016 in Serrana Bank. The Foraminifera in Reef Assessment and Monitoring (FORAM) Index (FI) in the two Banks was below the range expected for healthy coral reefs. Although both Banks follow a reduction in CCA and CA cover, Roncador Bank also faces an alarming decline in coral cover, urchins and bottom complexity (rugosity) in contrast to increases in octocoral densities and potential loss of resilience and eutrophication suggested by the FI index. These unexpected findings led us to consider and discuss potential outcomes, where these reefs deteriorate (i.e., erode and drown) providing ideal conditions for octocoral growth. Hence, it is of utmost urgency to start mo nitoring reef budgets, octocorals and nutrient sources.},

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Coral reef decline persists as a global issue with ties to climate change and human footprint. The SeaFlower Biosphere reserve includes some of the most isolated oceanic coral reefs in the Southwestern Caribbean, which provide natural experiments to test global and/or basin-wide factors affecting coral reefs. In this study, we compared coral and other substrate cover (algae, cyanobacteria, and octocorals), along population densities of keystone urchin species from two atolls (Serrana and Roncador Banks), during 1995, 2003, and 2015/2016. We also surveyed benthic foraminifera as a water quality proxy for coral growth in the last period. A steady reduction in coral cover was clearly observed at Roncador’s lagoon, but not at Serrana’s reefs, with significant differences between 1995 and 2015/2016. Percent cover of fleshy algae decreased significantly also at Roncador between 1995 and 2003 but did not change notably from 1995 to 2016 at Serrana. However, both Banks exhibited a loss in crustose corallin e algae from 2003 to 2015/2016. Likewise, a reduction in bottom complexity, measured as bottom rugosity, was evident between 1995 and 2003. Roncador Bank had unprecedented high octocoral densities, which increased almost threefold from 2003 to 2015. In contrast, urchin densities were low in Roncador; only Diadema antillarum increased from 2003 to 2016 in Serrana Bank. The Foraminifera in Reef Assessment and Monitoring (FORAM) Index (FI) in the two Banks was below the range expected for healthy coral reefs. Although both Banks follow a reduction in CCA and CA cover, Roncador Bank also faces an alarming decline in coral cover, urchins and bottom complexity (rugosity) in contrast to increases in octocoral densities and potential loss of resilience and eutrophication suggested by the FI index. These unexpected findings led us to consider and discuss potential outcomes, where these reefs deteriorate (i.e., erode and drown) providing ideal conditions for octocoral growth. Hence, it is of utmost urgency to start mo nitoring reef budgets, octocorals and nutrient sources.

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Borrero-Pérez, Giomar H; Benavides-Serrato, Milena; Campos, Néstor H; Galeano-Galeano, Elizabeth; Gavio, Brigitte; Medina, Jairo; Abril-Howard, Alfredo

Echinoderms of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve: State of Knowledge and New Findings Journal Article

In: Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 6, pp. 188, 2019, ISSN: 2296-7745.

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Cambronero-Solano, Sergio; Benavides, Rosario; Solís-Marín, Francisco; Alvarado, Juan José

New reports of echinoderms on the Caribbean continental slope of central America Journal Article

In: Zoosymposia, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 5–12, 2019.

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