[Coral-List] Proliferation of Acropora prolifera

[Butch Ringelspaugh]

 I am sure Nikki Fogarty will be able to expand on this topic quite a bit,
but she may be pretty busy with her annual coral spawning work at the
moment. So here is a link to a recent paper she wrote related to *A.
prolifera*.
http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v446/p145-159/

Butch



On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Hubbard
<dennis.hubbard at oberlin.edu>wrote:

> Can we assume that such a "supercoral" adapted to conditions in Government
> Cut will thrive in what would be more benign conditions for similar species
> in open water? It seems that, if they were the answer to reef decline as
> suggested in the cited pages, they'd be all over the Keys. Question of
> ignorance: Is this the case?
>
> Dennis
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Delbeek, Charles
> <CDelbeek at calacademy.org>wrote:
>
> > I believe this may be an example of hybrid fitness, A. prolifera has been
> > found growing in shipping channels in Government Cut leading out of
> Miami.
> >
> > http://tedxmiami.com/bio/foord-colin/
> >
> > http://www.coralbiome.com/2011/10/super-coral/
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> > From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:
> > coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Dennis Hubbard
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 6:13 AM
> > To: vassil zlatarski
> > Cc: Nicole Fogarty; Coral -List
> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Proliferation of Acropora prolifera
> >
> > At the risk of displaying my ignorance as a geologist, am I correct that
> A.
> > prolifera cannot reproduce sexually (nature's version of an army mule)?
> I'd
> > be interested in an informed discussion of the reproductive pathways that
> > might produce this result. If, in fact, there must be other acroporids
> > involved, then there must be enough of them to increase the numbers of
> this
> > hybrid species. In this scenario, is the fact that hybridization seems to
> > be trumping within-species sexual reproduction significant and, if so,
> what
> > might it be telling us. Or, is it it just fragmentation gone wild.
> >
> > Inquiring minds want to know,
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:24 AM, vassil zlatarski <vzlatarski at yahoo.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Dear colleagues,
> > >
> > > It is surprising that in this period of degradation of the coral reefs
> > the
> > > Caribbean hybrid Acropora prolifera is proliferating during last four
> > > decades. This counter-intuitive trend is evident due to the facts that
> > the
> > > hybrid was found lately in more places, in larger quantity of colonies
> > and
> > > in various growth forms.I would greatly appreciate anyinformation and
> > > advise on this matter.
> > >
> > > Also, any data aboutfossilA. prolifera?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Vassil
> > >
> > > Vassil Zlatarski
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