Caribbean Yellow Band Disease (CYBD) is one of the most important coral diseases affecting Montastraea species in the Caribbean. This work includes two studies of the current status of CYBD affecting Montastraea faveolata ...

The genus Meandrina is a widely distributed scleractinian group in the western Atlantic. The specific taxonomy within the genus remains confusing due to short and poorly detailed descriptions, lack of statistically-based ...

Sexual reproduction is the most important process in the life history of corals because it provides the genetic variability to survive in changing environments. There is a lack of information about the reproductive biology ...

La combinación de enfermedades y el blanqueamiento intensivo durante la anomalía térmica en el año 2005 causaron la pérdida del 53% de la cobertura viva de coral en la Reserva Natural La Parguera (RNLP). Al desaparecer el ...

Fragmentation and local dispersion of hurricane-generated fragments have been considered an important feature in the life history, population dynamics and genetic structure of the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata. The ...

The distribution, abundance, species composition and survivorship of juvenile corals over natural substratum were quantified in 6 reefs along the insular shelf off La Parguera Puerto Rico from August 2003 to August 2005. ...

The sexual pattern, reproductive mode, and timing of reproduction of Isophyllia sinuosa and Isophyllia rigida, two small Caribbean Mussids, were assessed by histological analysis of specimens collected monthly during ...

Irradiance, sedimentation, and water temperature were studied in a gradient of increased shading when moving towards a pier to determine if changes in these parameters might influence biological characteristics of ...

Aspergillosis is a disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus sydowii which affects a number of shallow-water octocorals including the common Caribbean sea fan Gorgonia ventalina. This work includes two studies on the ...

There has been an increase in the frequency and intensity of bleaching events on scleractinian corals since 1980. Coral bleaching in 1998 was the most extensive and severe ever recorded. These large scale bleaching ...