A novel system for intensive Diadema antillarum propagation as a step towards population enhancement
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90564-1
Abstract: The long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum was once an abundant reef grazing herbivore throughout the Caribbean. During the early 1980s, D. antillarum populations were reduced by > 93% due to an undescribed disease. This event resulted in… read more here.
Keywords: diadema antillarum; antillarum; population enhancement; system ... See more keywords
Low retention of restocked laboratory‐reared long‐spined sea urchins Diadema antillarum due to Spanish hogfish Bodianus rufus predation
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DOI: 10.1111/rec.14264
Abstract: The die‐off of the long‐spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the 1980s highlighted its crucial role as a primary grazer in tropical western Atlantic coral reefs. However, natural recovery has been slow, exacerbated by a… read more here.
Keywords: predation; antillarum; laboratory reared; spanish hogfish ... See more keywords
Phycochemical and Biological Activities From Different Extracts of Padina antillarum (Kützing) Piccone
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.929368
Abstract: Seaweeds are non-vascular, photosynthetic that inhabit the coastal regions commonly within rocky intertidal or submerged reef-like habitats and have been one of the richest and most promising sources of bioactive primary and secondary metabolites with… read more here.
Keywords: inhibition; tzing piccone; padina antillarum; different extracts ... See more keywords