Implications of changing Caribbean coral reefs on Diadema antillarum larvae settlement
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DOI: 10.1007/s00227-023-04368-0
Abstract: Tropical western Atlantic reefs have gradually shifted from being dominated by corals to being mainly covered by macroalgae. The mass-mortality of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the 80s and the slow to non-existent recovery… read more here.
Keywords: coral reefs; settlement; caribbean coral; macroalgae species ... See more keywords
Spatiotemporal patterns in Diadema antillarum settlement in the Florida Keys: implications for habitat restoration
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DOI: 10.1007/s00338-025-02656-3
Abstract: The long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) is a key herbivore on Caribbean coral reefs, but mass mortality events have severely reduced its populations, diminishing grazing pressure and contributing to reef degradation. In the Florida Keys,… read more here.
Keywords: settlement; spatiotemporal patterns; restoration; florida keys ... See more keywords
The ecological importance of habitat complexity to the Caribbean coral reef herbivore Diadema antillarum: three lines of evidence
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87232-9
Abstract: When Caribbean long-spined sea urchins, Diadema antillarum, are stable at high population densities, their grazing facilitates scleractinian coral dominance. Today, populations remain suppressed after a mass mortality in 1983–1984 caused a loss of their ecosystem… read more here.
Keywords: habitat complexity; habitat; complexity; three lines ... See more keywords
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
A 3000 year record of Caribbean reef urchin communities reveals causes and consequences of long‐term decline in Diadema antillarum
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DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02513
Abstract: Urchins are the last abundant grazers of macroalgae on most Caribbean reefs following the historical overexploitation of herbivorous fishes. The long-spined urchin Diadema antillarum was particularly effective at controlling macroalgae and facilitating coral dominance on… read more here.
Keywords: diadema; record; caribbean reef; reef urchin ... See more keywords
A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg3200
Abstract: Echinoderm mass mortality events shape marine ecosystems by altering the dynamics among major benthic groups. The sea urchin Diadema antillarum, virtually extirpated in the Caribbean in the early 1980s by an unknown cause, recently experienced… read more here.
Keywords: diadema antillarum; mass mortality; mortality; sea ... See more keywords
Impacts of hurricanes and disease on Diadema antillarum in shallow water reef and mangrove locations in St John, USVI
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297026
Abstract: The 1983–1984 mortality event of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum reduced their population by up to 99% and was accompanied by a phase shift from coral dominated to algal dominated reefs in the Caribbean.… read more here.
Keywords: disease; john usvi; reef; diadema antillarum ... See more keywords