• DOI:10.2307/1543614
Corpus ID: 7765487

Repopulation of Zooxanthellae in the Caribbean Corals Montastraea annularis and M. faveolata following Experimental and Disease-Associated Bleaching

@article{Toller2001RepopulationOZ,
  title={Repopulation of Zooxanthellae in the Caribbean Corals Montastraea annularis and M. faveolata following Experimental and Disease-Associated Bleaching},
  author={W. Toller and R. Rowan and N. Knowlton},
  journal={The Biological Bulletin},
  year={2001},
  volume={201},
  pages={360 - 373}
}

• W. Toller, R. Rowan, N. Knowlton
• Published 2001
• Biology, Medicine
• The Biological Bulletin

Caribbean corals of the Montastraea annularis species complex associate with four taxa of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae; genus Symbiodinium) in ecologically predictable patterns. To investigate the resilience of these host-zooxanthella associations, we conducted field experiments in which we experimentally reduced the numbers of zooxanthellae (by transplanting to shallow water or by shading) and then allowed treated corals to recover. When depletion was not extreme, recovering corals… Expand