Coral Reefs: 2005 Publications

Abelson, A., Olinky, R., and Gaines, S.  Coral recruitment to the reefs of Eilat, Red Sea: temporal and spatial variation, and possible effects of anthropogenic disturbances.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 50(5): 576-582, 2005.

Aeby, G.S.  Outbreak of coral disease in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.  Coral Reefs 24(3): 481, 2005.

Ammar, M.S.A.  An alarming threat to the red organ pipe coral Tubipora musica and suggested solutions.  Ecological Research 20(5): 529-535, 2005.

Aronson, R.B., Macintyre, I.G., and Precht, W.F.  Event preservation in lagoonal reef systems.  Geology 33(9): 717-720, 2005.

Arthur, R., Done, T.J., and Marsh, H.  Benthic recovery four years after an El Nino-induced coral mass mortality in the Lakshadweep atolls.  Current Science 89(4): 694-699, 2005.

Baird, A.H., Campbell, S.J., Anggoro, A.W., Ardiwijaya, R.L., Fadli, N., Herdiana, Y., Kartawijaya, T., Mahyiddin, D., Mukminin, A., Pardede, S.T., Pratchett, M.S., Rudi, E., and Siregar, A.M.  Acehnese reefs in the wake of the Asian tsunami.  Current Biology 15(21): 1926-1930, 2005.

Bak, R.P., Nieuwland, G., and Meesters, E.H.  Coral reef crisis in deep and shallow reefs: 30 years of constancy and change in reefs of Curacao and Bonaire.  Coral Reefs 24(3): 475-479, 2005.

Ballantine, D.L., Weil, E., and Ruiz, H.  Coralline white band syndrome, a coralline algal affliction in the tropical Atlantic.  Coral Reefs 24(1): 117, 2005.

Barash, Y., Sulam, R., Loya, Y., and Rosenberg, E.  Bacterial Strain BA-3 and a filterable factor cause a white plague-like disease in corals from the Eilat coral reef.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 40(2): 183-189, 2005.
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Barile, P.J. and Lapointe, B.E.  Atmospheric nitrogen deposition from a remote source enriches macroalgae in coral reef ecosystems near Green Turtle Cay, Abacos, Bahamas.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 50(11): 1262-1272, 2005.

Barton, A.D. and Casey, K.S.  Climatological context for large-scale coral bleaching.  Coral Reefs 24(4): 536-554, 2005.

Baums, I.B., Miller, M.W., and Hellberg, M.E.  Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata.  Molecular Ecology 14(5): 1377-1390, 2005.

Bellwood, D.R., Hughes, T.P., Connolly, S.R., and Tanner, J.  Environmental and geometric constraints on Indo-Pacific coral reef biodiversity.  Ecology Letters 8(6): 643-651, 2005.

Birrell, C.L., McCook, L.J., and Willis, B.L.  Effects of algal turfs and sediment on coral settlement.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(1-4): 408-414, 2005.

Bongiorni, L. and Rinkevic, B.  The pink-blue spot syndrome in Acropora eurystoma (Eilat, Red Sea): A possible marker of stress?  Zoology 108(3): 247-256, 2005.

Borger, J.L.  Scleractinian coral diseases in south Florida: incidence, species susceptibility, and mortality.  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 67(3): 249-258, 2005.
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Borger, J.L.  Dark spot syndrome: a scleractinian coral disease or a general stress response?  Coral Reefs 24(1): 139-144, 2005.

Borger, J.L. and Steiner, S.C.C.  The spatial and temporal dynamics of coral diseases in Dominica, West Indies.  Bulletin of Marine Science 77(1): 137-154, 2005.

Bourne, D.G.  Microbiological assessment of a disease outbreak on corals from Magnetic Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia).  Coral Reefs 24(2): 304-312, 2005.

Breitbart, M., Bhagooli, R., Griffin, S., Johnston, I., and Rohwer, F.  Microbial communities associated with skeletal tumors on Porites compressa.  FEMS Microbiology Letters 243(2): 431-436, 2005.

Briggs, J.C.  Coral reefs: Conserving the evolutionary sources.  Biological Conservation 126(3): 297-305, 2005.

Brodie, J., Fabricius, K., DeAth, G., and Okaji, K.  Are increased nutrient inputs responsible for more outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish? An appraisal of the evidence.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(1-4): 266-278, 2005.

Brown, B.E.  The fate of coral reefs in the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean following the Sumatran earthquake and tsunami, 26 December 2004.  Geographical Journal 171(4): 372-374, 2005.

Cerrano, C., Arillo, A., Azzini, F., Calcinai, B., Castellano, L., Muti, C., Valisano, L., Zega, G., and Bavestrello, G.  Gorgonian population recovery after a mass mortality event.  Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 15(2): 147-157, 2005.

Chabanet, P., Adjeroud, M., Andrefouet, S., Bozec, Y.M., Ferraris, J., Garcia-Charton, J.A., and Schrimm, M.  Human-induced physical disturbances and their indicators on coral reef habitats: A multi-scale approach.   Aquatic Living Resources 18(3): 215-230, 2005.

Chiappone, M., Dienes, H., Swanson, D.W., and Miller, S.L.  Impacts of lost fishing gear on coral reef sessile invertebrates in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.  Biological Conservation 121(2): 221-230, 2005.

Connolly, S.R., Hughes, T.P., Bellwood, D.R., and Karlson, R.H.  Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scales.  Science 309(5739): 1363-1365, 2005.

Côté, I.M., Gill, J.A., Gardner, T.A., and Watkinson, A.R.  Measuring coral reef decline through meta-analyses.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [B] 360(1454): 385-395, 2005.

Crabbe, M.J.C. and Smith, D.J.  Sediment impacts on growth rates of Acropora and Porites corals from fringing reefs of Sulawesi, Indonesia.  Coral Reefs 24(3): 437-441, 2005.

Croquer, A., Weil, E., Zubillaga, A.L., and Pauls, S.M.  Impact of a white plague-II outbreak on a coral reef in the archipelago Los Roques National Park, Venezuela.  Caribbean Journal of Science 41(4): 815-823, 2005.

Devlin, M.J. and Brodie, J.  Terrestrial discharge into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon: nutrient behavior in coastal waters.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(1-4): 9-22, 2005.

Diaz-Pulido, G. and McCook, L.J.  Effects of nutrient enhancement on the fecundity of a coral reef macroalga.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 317(1): 13-24, 2005.

Donner, S.D., Skirving, W.J., Little, C.M., Oppenheimer, M., and Hoegh-Guldberg, O.  Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change.  Global Change Biology 11(12): 2251-2265, 2005.

Downs, C.A., Fauth, J.E., Robinson, C.E., Curry, R., Lanzendorf, B., Halas, J.C., Halas, J., and Woodley, C.M.  Cellular diagnostics and coral health:  Declining coral health in the Florida Keys.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(5-7): 558-569, 2005.

Drohan, A.F., Thoney, D.A., and Baker, A.C.  Synergistic effect of high temperature and ultraviolet-B radiation on the gorgonian Eunicea tourneforti (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Plexauridae).   Bulletin of Marine Science 77(2): 257-266, 2005.

Edmunds, P.J.  The effect of sub-lethal increases in temperature on the growth and population trajectories of three scleractinian corals on the southern Great Barrier Reef.  Oecologia 146(3): 350-364, 2005.

Edmunds, P.J., Gates, R.D., Leggat, W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., and Allen-Requa, L.  The effect of temperature on the size and population density of dinoflagellates in larvae of the reef coral Porites astreoides.  Invertebrate Biology 124(3): 185-193, 2005.

Fabricius, K.E.  Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 50(2): 125-146, 2005.

Fernandes, L., Day, J., Lewis, A., Slegers, S., Kerrigan, B., Breen, D., Cameron, D., Jago, B., Hall, J., Lowe, D., Innes, J., Tanzer, J., Chadwick, V., Thompson, L., Gorman, K., Simmons, M., Barnett, B., Sampson, K., DeAth, G., Mapstone, B., Marsh, H., Possingham, H., Ball, I., Ward, T., Dobbs, K., Aumend, J., Slater, D., and Stapleton, K.  Establishing representative no-take areas in the Great Barrier Reef:  Large-scale implementation of theory on marine protected areas.  Conservation Biology 19(6): 1733-1744, 2005.

Fernandez, C. and Cortes, J.  Caulerpa sertularioides, a green alga spreading aggressively over coral reef communities in Culebra Bay, North Pacific of Costa Rica.  Coral Reefs 24(1): 10, 2005.

Foley, J.E., Sokolow, S.H., Girvetz, E., Foley, C.W., and Foley, P.  Spatial epidemiology of Caribbean yellow band syndrome in Montastrea spp. coral in the eastern Yucatan, Mexico.  Hydrobiologia 548: 33-40, 2005.

Gardner, T.A., Cote, I.M., Gill, J.A., Grant, A., and Watkinson, A.R.  Hurricanes and Caribbean coral reefs: Impacts, recovery patterns, and role in long-term decline.  Ecology 86(1): 174-184, 2005.

Garzon-Ferreira, J., Zea, S., and Diaz, J.M.  Incidence of partial mortality and other health indicators in hard-coral communities of four southwestern Caribbean atolls.  Bulletin of Marine Science 76(1): 105-122, 2005.

Hallock, P.  Global change and modern coral reefs: New opportunities to understand shallow-water carbonate.  Sedimentary Geology 175(1-4): 19-33, 2005.

Hoegh-Guldberg, O.  Low coral cover in a high-CO2 world.  Journal of Geophysical Research 110(C9): art. C09S06, 2005.

Jones, G.B. and Trevena, A.J.  The influence of coral reefs on atmospheric dimethylsulphide over the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Gulf of Papua and Solomon and Bismarck Seas.  Marine and Freshwater Research 56(1): 85-93, 2005.

Jones, R.  The ecotoxicological effects of Photosystem II herbicides on corals.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(5-7): 495-506, 2005.

Jordan-Dahlgren, E., Maldonado, M.A., and Rodriguez-Martinez, R.E.  Diseases and partial mortality in Montastraea annularis species complex in reefs with differing environmental conditions (NW Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico).  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 63(1): 3-12, 2005.
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Kaczmarsky, L.T., Draud, M., and Williams, E.H.  Is there a relationship between proximity to sewage effluent and the prevalence of coral disease.  Caribbean Journal of Science 41(1): 124-137, 2005.

Kahng, S.E. and Grigg, R.W.  Impact of an alien octocoral, Carijoa riisei, on black corals in Hawaii.  Coral Reefs 24(4): 556-562, 2005.

Kayanne, H., Hata, H., Kudo, S., Yamano, H., Watanabe, A., Ikeda, Y., Nozaki, K., Kato, K., Negishi, A., and Saito, H.  Seasonal and bleaching-induced changes in coral reef metabolism and CO2 flux.  Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19(4): art. GB3015, 2005.

Kuntz, N.M., Kline, D.I., Sandin, S.A., and Rohwer, F.  Pathologies and mortality rates caused by organic carbon and nutrient stressors in three Caribbean coral species.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 294: 173-180, 2005.
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Langdon, C. and Atkinson, M.J.  Effect of elevated pCO2 on photosynthesis and calcification of corals and interactions with seasonal change in temperature/irradiance and nutrient enrichment.  Journal of Geophysical Research 110(C9): art. C09S07, 2005.

Lasker, H.R.  Gorgonian mortality during a thermal event in the Bahamas.  Bulletin of Marine Science 76(1): 155-162, 2005.

Leao, Z.M.A.N. and Kikuchi, R.K.P.  A relic coral fauna threatened by global changes and human activities, Eastern Brazil.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(5-7): 599-611, 2005.

McClanahan, T.R. and Graham, N.A.J.  Recovery trajectories of coral reef fish assemblages within Kenyan marine protected areas.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 294: 241-248, 2005.
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McWilliams, J.P., Cote, I.M., Gill, J.A., Sutherland, W.J., and Watkinson, A.R.  Accelerating impacts of temperature-induced coral bleaching in the Caribbean.  Ecology 86(8): 2055-2060, 2005.

Nagelkerken, I., Vermonden, K., Moraes, O.C.C., Debrot, A.O., and Nagelkerken, W.P.  Changes in coral reef communities and an associated reef fish species, Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepede), after 30 years on Curacao (Netherlands Antilles).  Hydrobiologia 549: 145-154, 2005.

Obura, D.O.  Resilience and climate change: lessons from coral reefs and bleaching in the Western Indian Ocean.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 63(3): 353-372, 2005.

Orr, J.C., Fabry, V.J., Aumont, O., Bopp, L., Doney, S.C., Feely, R.A., Gnanadesikan, A., Gruber, N., Ishida, A., Joos, F., Key, R.M., Lindsay, K., Maier-Reimer, E., Matear, R., Monfray, P., Mouchet, A., Najjar, R.G., Plattner, G.K., Rodgers, K.B., Sabine, C.L., Sarmiento, J.L., Schlitzer, R., Slater, R.D., Totterdell, I.J., Weirig, M.F., Yamanaka, Y., and Yool, A.  Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms.  Nature 437(7059): 681-686, 2005.

Palumbi, S.R.  Germ theory for ailing corals.  Nature 434(7034): 713-715, 2005.

Pandolfi, J.M., Jackson, J.B.C., Baron, N., Bradbury, R.H., Guzman, H.M., Hughes, T.P., Kappel, C.V., Micheli, F., Ogden, J.C., Possingham, H.P., and Sala, E.  Are US coral reefs on the slippery slope to slime?  Science 307(5716): 1725-1726, 2005.

Paul, V.J., Thacker, R.W., Banks, K., and Golubic, S.  Benthic cyanobacterial bloom impacts the reefs of South Florida (Broward County, USA).  Coral Reefs 24(4): 693-697, 2005.

Pelejero, C., Calvo, E., McCulloch, M.T., Marshall, J.F., Gagan, M.K., Lough, J.M., and Opdyke, B.N.  Preindustrial to modern interdecadal variability in coral reef pH.  Science 309(5744): 2204-2207, 2005.

Raymundo, L.J., Rosell, K.B., Reboton, C.T., and Kaczmarsky, L.  Coral diseases on Philippine reefs: genus Porites is a dominant host.  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 64(3): 181-191, 2005.
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Renegar, D.A. and Riegl, B.M.  Effect of nutrient enrichment and elevated CO2 partial pressure on growth rate of Atlantic scleractinian coral Acropora cervicornis.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 293: 69-76, 2005.
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Richardson, L.L. and Voss, J.D.  Changes in a coral population on reefs of the northern Florida Keys following a coral disease epizootic.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 297: 147-156, 2005.
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Rinkevich, B.  Conservation of coral reefs through active restoration measures: Recent approaches and last decade progress.  Environmental Science and Technology 39(12): 4333-4342, 2005.

Rinkevich, B.  What do we know about Eilat (Red Sea) reef degradation? A critical examination of the published literature.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 327(2): 183-200, 2005.

Ritson-Williams, R., Paul, V.J., and Bonito, V.  Marine benthic cyanobacteria overgrow coral reef organisms.  Coral Reefs 24(4): 629, 2005.

Rogers, C.S., Sutherland, K.P., and Porter, J.W.  Has white pox disease been affecting Acropora palmata for over 30 years?  Coral Reefs 24(2): 194, 2005.

Santavy, D.L., Summers, J.K., Engle, V.D., and Harwell, L.C.  The condition of coral reefs in South Florida (2000) using coral disease and bleaching as indicators.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 100(1-3): 129-152, 2005.

Sheppard, C., Dixon, D.J., Gourlay, M., Sheppard, A., and Payet, R.  Coral mortality increases wave energy reaching shores protected by reef flats: Examples from the Seychelles.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 64(2-3): 223-234, 2005.

Sheppard, C. and Obura, D.  Corals and reefs of Cosmoledo and Aldabra atolls:  Extent of damage, assemblage shifts and recovery following the severe mortality of 1998.  Journal of Natural History 39(2): 103-121, 2005.

Valentine, J.F. and Heck, K.L.  Perspective review of the impacts of overfishing on coral reef food web linkages.  Coral Reefs 24(2): 209-213, 2005.

Williams, D.E. and Miller, M.W.  Coral disease outbreak: pattern, prevalence and transmission in Acropora cervicornis.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 301: 119-128, 2005.
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Wilson, W.H., Dale, A.L., Davy, J.E., and Davy, S.K.  An enemy within? Observations of virus-like particles in reef corals.  Coral Reefs 24(1): 145-148, 2005.

Wolanski, E. and De'Ath, G.  Predicting the impact of present and future human land-use on the Great Barrier Reef.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 64(2-3): 504-508, 2005.