[Coral-List] Liagora outbreaks after hurricanes

[Douglas Fenner]

Liagora was also recorded following Hurricane Gilbert in Cozumel, Mexico,
in 1988.

Fenner, D. P. 1991. Effects of Hurricane Gilbert on coral reefs, fishes and
sponges at

    Cozumel, Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 48: 719-730.


Cheers,  Doug

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:45 AM, Peter Mumby <p.j.mumby at uq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> Continuing this thread, we saw Liagora outbreaks after hurricane Mitch in
> Belize and Typhoon Bopha in Palau. Bob Steneck refers to it as an
> 'ambulance chaser'!
>
> In Palau, the magnitude of the Liagora outbreak was positively correlated
> to chronic wave exposure and coral settlement failed on those reefs
> affected.. Quite remarkably, although the Liagora canopy only existed for
> around 6 months, it created large areas where fish grazing were impeded.
> The alga Lobophora managed to get established in these refuges from
> herbivory and persisted for several years, slowing down subsequent coral
> recovery.
>
> This story is covered in the following papers. Feel free to email me for
> PDFs.
>
> Roff, G., I. Chollett, C. Doropoulos, Y. Golbuu, R. S. Steneck, A. L.
> Isechal, R. van Woesik, and P. Mumby. 2015. Exposure-driven macroalgal
> phase shift following catastrophic disturbance on coral reefs. Coral Reefs
> 34:715-725.
>
> Doropoulos, C., G. Roff, M. Zupan, V. Nestor, A. L. Isechal, and P. J.
> Mumby. 2014. Reef-scale failure of coral settlement following typhoon
> disturbance and macroalgal bloom in Palau, Western Pacific. Coral Reefs
> 33:613-623.
>
> Roff, G., C. Doropoulos, M. Zupan, A. Rogers, R. S. Steneck, Y. Golbuu,
> and P. J. Mumby. 2015. Phase shift facilitation following cyclone
> disturbance on coral reefs. Oecologia 178:1193-1203.
>
> Doropoulos, C. D., G. Roff, M.-S. Visser, and P. J. Mumby. 2016.
> Sensitivity of coral recruitment to subtle shifts in early community
> succession. Ecology 98:304-314.
>
> Cheers
> Pete
>
> Professor Peter J Mumby
> Marine Spatial Ecology Lab
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:coral-list-bounces@
> coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Eugene Shinn
> Sent: 28 October 2017 01:21
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: [Coral-List] Post Hurricane Algal Outbreak
>
> After Hurricane Donna in 1960 we had an explosive bloom of /Chalmasia
> antillana/
>
> in Florida Keys near shore areas. Commonly called Mermaids Wineglass this
> genus (family Dasycladaceae) looks like Acetabularia but is calcified. It
> produces tiny calcified spherical fruiting bodies. We had been puzzled by
> these calcispheres that that we had been identifying in thin sections of
> sediment in cores.We thought them important because similar fossils occur
> in Devonian age limestone. Hurricane Donna finally answered the question of
> what made them. In areas such as the foot deep water on Rodriguez Key bank
> Chalmasia was so think they were crowding out turtle grass beds. For more
> information go to <http://www.phycologia.org/doi/pdf/10.2216/i0031-8884-9-
> 1-45.1?code=iphy-site>
>
> The explosive bloom did not last long. We suspected the calcified spheres
> had been dormant, buried in the sediment and were suddenly released when
> the storm stirred up the sediment. I mention this so researchers can be
> watching to see if this happens again. Gene
>
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