[Coral-List] Post Hurricane Algal Outbreak

[Bourque, Amanda]

We see this pop up several weeks after vessel groundings on the reef as
well.  --Amanda

*Amanda Bourque, Ph.D.*
*Ecologist, Habitat Restoration Program*
*Biscayne National Park*
*9700 SW 328 Street*
*Homestead FL 33033*
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On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 3:55 AM, Austin Bowden-Kerby <abowdenkerby at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Dear Shannon,
>
> Although the photos only show the macroscopic form, you are most likely
> seeing an outbreak of several species of red algae, including *Liagora*, as
> well as the normally very rare *Liagorothamnion*, the type specimens which
> I discovered in Puerto Rico growing abundantly in shallow water on the back
> reef and reef flats after Hurricanes Hortense and Georges. This
> unusual species must exist as an alternate cryptic/ microscopic phase until
> a hurricane hits, and which point it blooms abundantly and reproduces
> sexually.
>
> The paper describing the algae by Huisman et al, 2001 is at this link-
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mwynne/pdffiles/2001Liagorothamnion.pdf
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:27:32 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: Shannon Gore <sd_gore at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Algae identification
> > To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> > I am trying to identify two species of algae.
> > If link doesn't work, email me directly. ? http://pix.sfly.com/A9UmTWCs
> > Three weeks post-Irma, few areas that showed any observable increase of
> > algal cover but over the last 2 weeks, there is a dramatic "outbreak" at
> a
> > number of locations around the British Virgin Islands. Can someone
> possibly
> > help me to identify and/or if anyone else has seen such a dramatic change
> > in algal cover in any of the areas hit by Irma and Maria? Thanks!
> >
> > kind regards,
> > Shannon Gore, PhD?
> >
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