{"id":377,"date":"2017-06-20T16:59:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T20:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/khughen\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2017-06-28T14:16:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:16:41","slug":"coral-health-reef-ecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/khughen\/research\/coral-health-reef-ecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Reef Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Reef Ecology<\/h1>\n<p>We have conducted field surveys to quantify the prevalence of coral stress and disease in relation to environmental conditions in numerous locations, including Micronesia, Indonesia, Florida, Cuba, Red Sea and the Caribbean (Cervino et al., 2008; Dona et al., 2008; Aeby et al., 2014; Work et al., 2015; Bernstein et al., 2016; Rodriguez et al., 2016).\u00a0 Yellow Band Disease in the Red Sea was shown to coincide with high nutrient loading from large urban centers (Furby et al., 2014).\u00a0 Although cultured bacteria from diseased corals in the field reveal high concentrations of <em>Vibrio<\/em> pathogens (Cervino et al., 2008; 2012), cultivation-independent microbiome studies yield no such concentrations (Apprill et al., 2013; Bayer et al., 2013).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_435\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-435\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/khughen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2017\/06\/Coral-health-survey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conducting benthic ecological survey off Kosrae Island, Micronesia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Relevant Publications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bernstein, W., Hughen, K., Langdon, C., McCorkle, D., Lentz, S., 2016, Environmental Controls on Daytime Net Ecosystem Calcification on a Red Sea Reef Flat, <em>Coral Reefs<\/em> doi:10.1007\/s00338-015-1396-6.<\/li>\n<li>Rodriguez, V., Gonzalez, P., Fernandez, L., Siciliano, D., Bretos, F., Apprill, A., Hughen, K., Santoro, A., 2016, Health of the coral communities on reefs from Jardines de la Reina &#8211; golfo de Ana Mar\u00eda, south-central region of Cuba, <em>Revista Investigationes Marinas<\/em> <strong>36<\/strong>, 34-53.<\/li>\n<li>Work, T.M., Aeby, G.S., Hughen, K.A., 2015, Gross and microscopic lesions in corals from Micronesia, <em>Veterinary Pathology <\/em><strong>1-10<\/strong>, doi:10.1177\/0300985815571669.<\/li>\n<li>Aeby, G.S., Work, T.M., Hughen, K.A., 2014, The first cyanobacterial infection of Crustose Coralline Algae discovered on the reefs of Pohnpei, Micronesia, <em>Bulletin of Marine Science <\/em><strong>90<\/strong>, 873-874.<\/li>\n<li>Furby, K., Apprill, A., Cervino, J., Ossolinski, J., Hughen, K., 2014, Incidences of lesioned Fungiidae corals in the eastern Red Sea related to water temperature and urban proximity, <em>Marine Environmental Research <\/em><strong>98<\/strong>, 29-38.<\/li>\n<li>Bayer, T., Neave, M., Hussain, A., Aranda, M., Yum, L., Mincer, T., Hughen, K., Apprill, A., Voolstra, C., 2013, The microbiome of the Red Sea coral <em>Stylophora pistillata<\/em> is dominated by tissue-associated <em>Endozoicomonas<\/em> bacteria, <em>Applied &amp; Environmental Microbiology<\/em>, doi:10.1128\/AEM.00695-13.<\/li>\n<li>Apprill, A., Hughen, K., Mincer, T., 2013, Species-specificity and not lesioned condition influences the bacterial communities associated with <em>Fungiidae <\/em>corals, <em>Environmental Microbiology<\/em>, doi:10.1111\/1462-2920.12107.<\/li>\n<li>Cervino, J., Hauff , B., Haslun, Cavazos, M., Lawther, P., Wier, A.M., Hughen, K., Strychar, K., 2012, Ulcerated Yellow Spot Syndrome: Implications of aquaculture related pathogens inducing tissue lesions on the soft coral <em>Sarcophyton ehrenbergi<\/em>, <em>Diseases of Aquatic Organisms<\/em> <strong>102<\/strong>, 137-148.<\/li>\n<li>Dona, A. R., Cervino, J., Goreau, T., Bartels, E., Hughen, K., Smith, G., Dona, A., 2008, Coral Yellow Band Disease; Current status in the Caribbean, and links to new Indo-Pacific outbreaks, <em>Proc. 11<sup>th<\/sup> Int\u2019l Coral Reef Symp.<\/em>, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, July 7-11, 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Funding provided by:<\/h3>\n<p>KAUST, WHOI Internal awards and Academic Programs, Coastal Preservation Network<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/templates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nsf.png\" alt=\"nsf\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/khughen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2017\/04\/WHOI-logo-web_sac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Principle Collaborators<\/h3>\n<p>Amy Apprill, MCG, WHOI<br \/>\nJames Cervino, Coastal Preservation Network<br \/>\nGreta Aeby, U. Hawaii<br \/>\nAngela Dona, U. Hawaii<br \/>\nPatricia Gonzalez, U. 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