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Revision as of 23:55, 24 February 2015
Coral Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction
Mass Spawning Events
Synchronization
Cross Fertilization
Controlling Factors
Asexual Reproduction
Budding
Fragmentation
Porites evermanni
Abiotic Factors
Climate Change
Biotic Factors
Eutrophication
Notes
- ↑ Veron, J.E.N. “Sexual Reproduction.” The Australian Institute of Marine Sciences. The Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, 2013. Web. 23 Feb 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Miller, K. J., and D. J. Ayre. "The Role of Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Structuring High Latitude Populations of the Reef Coral Pocillopora Damicornis." Nature.com. Nature Publishing Group, 21 Apr. 2004.
- ↑ "Coral Reproduction." NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program:. N.p., n.d.
- ↑ Lirman, Diego. "Fragmentation in the Branching Coral Acropora Palmata (Lamarck): Growth, Survivorship, and Reproduction of Colonies and Fragments." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 251.1 (2000): 41-57. Web.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Research Areas." Nsf.gov. National Science Foundation, 12 Dec. 2013. Web. 24 Feb. 2015. <http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=129838&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click>.
- ↑ Loya, Y., et al. "Nutrient Enrichment Caused by in Situ Fish Farms at Eilat, Red Sea is Detrimental to Coral Reproduction." Marine pollution bulletin 49.4 (2004): 344-53. ProQuest. Web. 24 Feb. 2015.
Notes from Brian
Also came across this interesting tidbit from http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=129838&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click
Jorge Cortes remembered that several years ago a scientist had reported finding that some corals are a target of biting triggerfish.
"That was the missing piece," Baums says. "We realized that triggerfish were eating the mussels inside the coral skeletons. To get at the mussels, the fish have to bite the coral.
"They then spit out the fragments, and those fragments land on the ocean floor and grow into new coral colonies.
"No one had realized how important fish might be in helping corals reproduce. Now there's evidence that triggerfish attacks on Porites evermanni result in asexual reproduction--the coral fragments cloning themselves."
Someone should track down this study and find out more of the details.