scholarly journals Bleaching Patterns of Four Species of Caribbean Reef Corals

1995 ◽  
Vol 189 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. K. Fitt ◽  
M. E. Warner
Keyword(s):  
Reef Corals ◽  
Caribbean Reef

Symbiont shuffling linked to differential photochemical dynamics of Symbiodinium in three Caribbean reef corals

Coral Reefs ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Cunning ◽  
Rachel N. Silverstein ◽  
Andrew C. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Reef Corals ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
Symbiont Shuffling

scholarly journals Depth analysis of fatty acids in two caribbean reef corals

1978 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Meyers ◽  
J. W. Porter ◽  
R. L. Chad
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Reef Corals ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
Depth Analysis

Eocene Caribbean reef corals: a unique fauna from the Gatuncillo Formation of Panama

1992 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann F. Budd ◽  
Thomas A. Stemann ◽  
Robert H. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Reef Coral ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Reef Corals ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
The Family ◽  
Generic Composition ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Central Panama

Forty-three species of 25 genera are described in a collection of 170 large, massive reef corals from the upper Eocene Gatuncillo Formation near Lago Alahuela in central Panama. Comparisons with type material for other Eocene Caribbean reef corals suggest that 27 of these species are new. Twenty-four of these species are named herein. Like other Eocene Caribbean reef-coral faunas, the fauna is rich in Astrocoenia, Actinacis, and Astreopora; however, unlike other faunas, plocoid and meandroid members of the family Faviidae (e.g., Montastraea, Agathiphyllia, Goniastrea, and Colpophyllia) are abundant. Also present are the oldest known representatives of the genera Meandrina, Coscinaraea, Alveopora, Heliopora, and Pocillopora, as well as the only recorded occurrences of Coscinaraea and Cyathoseris from the Caribbean. Comparisons with Oligocene and Recent Caribbean reef-coral faunas suggest that the generic composition of Cenozoic Caribbean reefs became established during the Eocene. With exception of the family Mussidae, much of the post-Oligocene history of the Caribbean is one of extinction at the generic level (19 of the 28 Eocene genera became extinct) and proliferation of species within the surviving genera.

scholarly journals Stratigraphic distributions of genera and species of Neogene to Recent Caribbean reef corals

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 951-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann F. Budd ◽  
Thomas A. Stemann ◽  
Kenneth G. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Species Recognition ◽  
Reef Coral ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Acropora Palmata ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Reef Corals ◽  
Caribbean Reef ◽  
The Caribbean

To document evolutionary patterns in late Cenozoic Caribbean reef corals, we compiled composite stratigraphic ranges of 49 genera and 175 species using Neogene occurrences in the Cibao Valley sequence of the northern Dominican Republic and faunal lists for 24 Miocene to Recent sites across the Caribbean region. This new compilation benefits in particular from increased sampling at late Miocene to early Pleistocene sites and from increased resolution and greater taxonomic consistency provided by the use of morphometric procedures in species recognition.Preliminary examination and quantitative analysis of origination and extinction patterns suggest that a major episode of turnover took place between 4 and 1 Ma during Plio-Pleistocene time. During the episode, extinctions were approximately simultaneous in species of all reef-building families, except the Mussidae. Most strongly affected were the Pocilloporidae (Stylophora and Pocillopora), Agariciidae (Pavona and Gardineroseris), and free-living members of the Faviidae and Meandrinidae. At the genus level, mono- and paucispecific as well as more speciose genera became regionally extinct. Many of the extinct genera live today in the Indo-Pacific region, and some are important components of modern eastern Pacific reefs. Global extinctions were concentrated in free-living genera. During the turnover episode, no new genera or higher taxa arose. Instead, new species originated within the surviving Caribbean genera at approximately the same time as the extinctions, including many dominant modern Caribbean reef-building corals (e.g., Acropora palmata and the Montastraea annularis complex).Excluding this episode, the taxonomic composition of the Caribbean reef-coral fauna remained relatively unchanged during the Neogene. Minor exceptions include: 1) high originations in the Agariciidae and free-living corals during late Miocene time; and 2) regional or global extinctions of several important Oligocene Caribbean reef builders during early to middle Miocene time.

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