Substratum preferences in planula larvae of two species of scleractinian corals, Goniastrea retiformis and Stylaraea punctata

Golbuu, Yimnang; Richmond, Robert H.

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“…The cue required for the settlement of many species of coral larvae originates from CCA (Morse et al 1988, 1996, Golbuu & Richmond 2007, Kitamura et al 2007, Price 2010, Ritson-Williams et al 2010. Morse et al (1996) found the cue from CCA to be a cell-wall bound polysaccharide with a high molecular weight.…”

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“…In addition to the CCA-generated morphogens, bacteria associated with CCA have been found to produce cues for the settlement of some coral species, specifically 2 species of Acropora, for which bacteria were inductive both in biofilms and in suspension (Negri et al 2001). Golbuu & Richmond (2007) who studied settlement stimuli for corals in Guam found one coral species (Goniastrea retiformis) that preferred CCA and another (Stylaraea punctata) that preferred biofilm. Thus, settlement preferences differ among species of corals.…”

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“…Anthozoans, particularly corals, utilize a diverse range of cues. Cues can be associated with crustose coralline algae (CCA) (Morse et al 1988, 1996, Baird et al 2003, Baird & Morse 2004, Harrington et al 2004, Golbuu & Richmond 2007, Kitamura et al 2007, Ritson-Williams et al 2010, Price 2010 or marine bacteria and biofilms (Negri et al 2001, Webster et al 2004. Four species of Acropora (A. tenuis, A. millepora, A. palmata, and A. cervicornis) have been shown to preferentially settle on a particular species of CCA, Titanoderma prototypum (Harrington et al 2004, Ritson-Williams et al 2010, which is also preferred by other hard corals (Pocillopora spp.…”

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“…Microbial biofilms alone, in the absence of CCA, also induced settlement in larvae of A. microphthalma (Webster et al 2004). Golbuu & Richmond (2007) examined 2 species of corals in Guam and found that one (Goniastrea retiformis) preferentially settled on CCA, while the other (Stylaraea punctata) settled on biofilmed carbonate rubble. Thus, settlement substrata vary greatly among coral species, and whether the inductive cue originates from CCA or bacteria is coral-species specific.…”

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

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2011

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

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Hadfield²

2011

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Divergent larval settlement preferences correlating with cue availability in the adults' natural habitat have been previously demonstrated for two coral species from Guam, Stylaraea punctata and Goniastrea retiformis (Golbuu and Richmond 2007). However, divergent preferences between these species were expected since they do not co-occur in the same reef environment; moreover, S. punctata is a brooder while G.retiformis is a broadcast spawner.…”

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View the peer-reviewed version (peerj.com/articles/333), which is the preferred citable publication unless you specifically need to cite this preprint. A cross-ocean comparison of responses to settlement cues in reef-building corals Caribbean coral reefs have deteriorated substantially over the past 30 years, which is broadly attributable to the effects of global climate change. In the same time, Indo-Pacific reefs maintain higher coral cover and typically recover rapidly after disturbances. This difference in reef resilience is largely due to much higher coral recruitment rates in the Pacific. We hypothesized that the lack of Caribbean coral recruitment might be explained by diminishing quality of settlement cues and/or impaired sensitivity of Caribbean coral larvae to those cues, relative to the Pacific. To evaluate this hypothesis, we assembled a collection of bulk samples of reef encrusting communities, mostly consisting of crustose coralline algae (CCA), from various reefs around the world and tested them as settlement cues for several coral species originating from different ocean provinces. Cue samples were meta-barcoded to evaluate their taxonomic diversity. We observed no systematic differences either in cue potency or in strength of larval responses depending on the ocean province, and no preference of coral larvae towards cues from the same ocean. Instead, we detected significant differences in cue preferences among coral species, even for corals originating from the same reef. We conclude that the region-wide disruption of the settlement process is unlikely to be the major cause of Caribbean reef loss. However, due to their high sensitivity to the effects of climate change, shifts in the composition of CCA-associated communities, combined with pronounced differences in cue preferences among coral species, could substantially influence future coral community structure. PeerJ PrePrints

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A modified trait‐based framework for assessing the resilience of ecosystem services provided by coral reef communities

2018

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Citation: Carturan, B. S., L. Parrott, and J. Pither. 2018. A modified trait-based framework for assessing the resilience of ecosystem services provided by coral reef communities. Ecosphere 9(5):e02214. 10.1002/ecs2.2214Abstract. Climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances are having dramatic impacts on tropical coral reefs and the ecosystem services they provide. Anticipating change in ecosystem services is a pressing challenge that requires understanding how species respond to an environmental change, and how they contribute to ecosystem services. Building on analogous efforts by plant ecologists, we propose a traitbased framework that aims to predict the resistance and recovery of coral ecosystem services against both pulse and press disturbances. The framework involves identifying effect, resistance, and recovery traits across coral species and using these to ascertain how species might (1) contribute to a service, (2) resist disturbance, and (3) recover after the disturbance. By identifying trait functional overlaps and quantifying correlations among the trait types, the framework can yield a better understanding of the potential mechanistic links between community assembly, ecosystem dynamics, and ecosystem functioning. We demonstrate the utility of the framework by applying it to a virtual scenario, implemented via simulation, in which habitat provisioning is the focal ecosystem service, and cyclones and bleaching events are the disturbances of interest. This demonstration required us to assemble an extensive dataset of relevant traits-a process that revealed key gaps in the coral trait database and in our understanding of coral functional ecology. The framework can provide predictive power for the resilience of ecosystem services and can also help identify crucial knowledge gaps, research objectives, and strategies for applying a trait-based approach to advancing coral reef science and conservation.

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Substratum preferences in planula larvae of two species of scleractinian corals, Goniastrea retiformis and Stylaraea punctata

Cited by 83 publications

References 21 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

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A modified trait‐based framework for assessing the resilience of ecosystem services provided by coral reef communities

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