CRCP-Acropora palmata snail corallivore removal evaluation
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Evaluation of ESA listed Acropora spp. Status and Actions for Management and Recovery
Evaluation of ESA listed Acropora spp. Status and Recovery Actions
Numeric Data Sets > Biology
EARTH SCIENCE > Biological Classification > Animals/Invertebrates> Mollusks > Gastropods
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Predation > Coral Predation
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > ESA Listed Species
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Coral
Acropora palmata
Coralliophila abbreviata
0161266
161266
US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory
CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecosystem Science
Elkhorn
Marine Biology
Predator
snail
2011-2013
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Carysfort Reef (25N080W0013)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Elbow Reef (25N080W0020)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > French Reef (25N080W0022)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Key Largo Dry Rocks (25N080W0039)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Molasses Reef (25N080W0003)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Sand Island (25N080W0036)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Carysfort Reef (25N080W0013)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Elbow Reef (25N080W0020)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > French Reef (25N080W0022)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Key Largo Dry Rocks (25N080W0039)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Molasses Reef (25N080W0003)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Sand Island (25N080W0036)
Coastal Waters Of Florida
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County
coral reef surveys
visual analysis
Corallivorous snail feeding scars are a common source of tissue loss for the threatened coral Acropora palmata, accounting for roughly one quarter of tissue loss in monitored study plots averaged over seven years. Meanwhile, corallivory is one of the few major sources of partial mortality (contrasting with threats such as bleaching, disease, or storm disturbances) that may be locally managed. Thus we conducted a field experiment to explore both the effectiveness and feasibility of snail removal. Long-term monitoring plots on six reefs in the upper Florida Keys were assigned to one of three snail removal treatments: 1) removal from A. palmata only 2) removal from all host coral species 3) No-removal controls. During the initial removal in June 2011, 639 snails were removed from twelve 150m2 plots. Snails were removed 2 additional times during a seven month removal phase, and then counted at five surveys over the next 19 months to track recolonization. At the conclusion, snails were collected, measured and sexed.
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26793
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22435
northlimit=25.3;
eastlimit=-80.1;
southlimit=24.9;
westlimit=-80.5;
name=upper Florida Keys;
northlimit=25.22194444444;
eastlimit=-80.21055555556;
southlimit=25.01013888889;
westlimit=-80.37327777778;
name=Atlantic Ocean, U.S. South;
start=2011;
end=2013;
start=2011;
end=2013;
None
2017