Ecologically relevant dispersal of corals on isolated reefs: implications for managing resilience

Underwood, Jim N.; Smith, Luke D.; Oppen, Madeleine J. H. van; Gilmour, James P.

doi:10.1890/07-1461.1

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Ecologically relevant dispersal of corals on isolated reefs: implications for managing resilience

Underwood, Jim N., Smith, Luke D., Oppen, Madeleine J. H. van, Gilmour, James P.·2009·Ecological Applications

DOI 10.1890/07-1461.1

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Coral reefs are in decline worldwide, and marine reserve networks have been advocated as a powerful management tool for maximizing the resilience of coral communities to an increasing variety, number, and severity of disturbances. However, the effective design of reserves must account for the spatial scales of larval dispersal that affect the demography of communities over ecological time frames. Ecologically relevant distances of dispersal were inferred from DNA microsatellite data in a broadcast‐spawning (Acropora tenuis) and a brooding (Seriatopora hystrix) coral at isolated reef systems off northwest Australia. Congruent with expectations based on life histories, levels of genetic subdivision among populations were markedly higher in the brooder than in the broadcast spawner. Additionally, significant subdivision for both species between systems (>100 km), and between (>10 km) or within reefs (<10 km) within systems, indicated that many reefs or reef patches are demographically independent. There was also a clear distinction in the scale of genetic structure between the different systems; at the more geographically complex of the systems, a much finer scale structure was detected in both species. This suggested that the hydrodynamics associated with these complex reefs restrict distances regularly traveled by larvae. The primary implication is that short‐term recovery of these coral communities after severe disturbance requires the input of larvae from viable communities kilometers to a few tens of kilometers away. Therefore, to be self‐sustaining, we suggest that coral reef protected areas need to be large enough to encompass these routine dispersal distances. Further, to facilitate recovery from severe disturbances, protected areas need to be replicated over these spatial scales. However, specific designs also need to account for size, complexity, and isolation of reefs, which will either restrict or enhance dispersal within this range.

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The strong genetic population structure found in this study is congruent with findings for the same species in Australia and Japan, and for other brooding corals with a similarly short pelagic larval duration.
“The strong genetic population structure in this study is congruent with findings for the same species from other biogeographic regions such as Australia (van Oppen et al. 2008;Underwood et al. 2009) and Japan (Nakajima et al. 2017), as well as for other brooding corals with a similarly short PLD.”
From Population genetics of the brooding coral Seriatopora hystrix reveals patterns of strong genetic differentiation in the Western Indian Ocean (2021) · cites this paper as Underwood et al. 2009
S. hystrix on the Great Barrier Reef and in northern Western Australia shows comparable differentiation (mean FST = 0.20 over about 500 km), including isolation-by-distance (overall FST = 0.198 over about 505 km).
“Comparable levels of differentiation were found for S. hystrix on the Great Barrier Reef and in northern Western Australia (mean F ST = 0.20 ∼500 km, van Oppen et al. 2008), including isolation-by-distance (overall F ST = 0.198 ∼505 km, Underwood et al. 2009).”
From Population genetics of the brooding coral Seriatopora hystrix reveals patterns of strong genetic differentiation in the Western Indian Ocean (2021) · cites this paper as Underwood et al. 2009

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Protein expression and genetic structure of the coralPorites lobatain an environmentally extreme Samoan back reef: does host genotype limit phenotypic plasticity?
Barshis, D. J., Stillman, J. H., Gates, R. D., Toonen, R. J., Smith, L. W., & Birkeland, C. (2010) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04574.x · Cited by 234 · see citing works
“Review of the recent literature suggests that such small-scale population structure in reef-building corals is more common than previously thought (Severance & Karl 2006; Whitaker 2006; Underwood et al. 2007, 2009; Miller & Ayre 2008).”
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Quantifying spatial resilience
Allen, C. R., Angeler, D. G., Cumming, G. S., Folke, C., Twidwell, D., & Uden, D. R. (2016) · Journal of Applied Ecology · doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12634 · Cited by 228 · see citing works
“2016), determining the role of connectivity, dispersal and other movements in conferring resilience (Underwood et al. 2009), assessing the relevance of network membership for node resilience and the relevance of node participation for network resilience (Keitt, Urban & Milne 1997; Moore, Grewar & Cumming 2016), evalua…”
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The role of deep reefs in shallow reef recovery: an assessment of vertical connectivity in a brooding coral from west and east Australia
Van OPPEN, M. J. H., BONGAERTS, P., UNDERWOOD, J. N., PEPLOW, L. M., & COOPER, T. F. (2011) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05050.x · Cited by 183 · see citing works
“Routine dispersal occurs over scales of 10–100 s of metres (Underwood et al. 2007) and is supplemented by occasional longer distance dispersal (up to 10 or 100 s of km) (van Oppen et al. 2008; Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Seascape Genetics: Populations, Individuals, and Genes Marooned and Adrift
Riginos, C., & Liggins, L. (2013) · Geography Compass · doi:10.1111/gec3.12032 · Cited by 145 · see citing works
“A number of explanations have been proposed to explain this phenomenon, including: high variability in reproductive success leading to differing parents contributing to distinct sets of larvae (Hedgecock 1994; Planes & Lenfant 2002) that may be transported in groups by temporally variable currents, selection on larvae…”
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Increased local retention of reef coral larvae as a result of ocean warming
Figueiredo, J., Baird, A. H., Harii, S., & Connolly, S. R. (2014) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/nclimate2210 · Cited by 123 · see citing works
Coastal fronts set recruitment and connectivity patterns across multiple taxa
Woodson, C. B., McManus, M. A., Tyburczy, J., Barth, J. A., Washburn, L., Caselle, J. E., Carr, M. H., Malone, D. P., RAIMONDI, P. T., Menge, B. A., et al. (2012) · Limnology and Oceanography · doi:10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0582 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
The application of genetics to marine management and conservation: examples from the Indo-Pacific
von der Heyden, S., Beger, M., Toonen, R. J., van Herwerden, L., Juinio‐Meñez, M. A., Ravago‐Gotanco, R., Fauvelot, C., & Bernardi, G. (2013) · Bulletin of Marine Science · doi:10.5343/bms.2012.1079 · Cited by 108 · see citing works
“…connectivity and dispersal distances determined with genetic tools are important for choosing the most effective size of marine reserves to protect recruitment processes, which has been applied to corals (van Oppen et al. 2008, Underwood et al. 2009) and fishes (Almany et al. 2007, Buston et al .”
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Genetic Structure in the Coral, Montastraea cavernosa: Assessing Genetic Differentiation among and within Mesophotic Reefs
Brazeau, D. A., Lesser, M. P., & Slattery, M. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065845 · Cited by 104 · see citing works
Unexpected cryptic species diversity in the widespread coral Seriatopora hystrix masks spatial‐genetic patterns of connectivity
Warner, P. A., van Oppen, M. J. H., & Willis, B. L. (2015) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.13225 · Cited by 99 · see citing works
“hystrix has been the subject of a diverse body of biological studies from the Red Sea to subtropical eastern Australia (Hoegh-Guldberg & Smith 1989; Edmunds 2005; Maier et al. 2005; Nozawa & Loya 2005; Fan et al. 2006; Sherman 2008; Underwood et al. 2009; Putnam et al. 2010; Stella et al. 2010; Nir et al. 2011; Tchern…”
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More than one genotype: how common is intracolonial genetic variability in scleractinian corals?
Schweinsberg, M., Weiss, L. C., Striewski, S., Tollrian, R., & Lampert, K. P. (2015) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.13200 · Cited by 98 · see citing works
“Due to the known problem with genotyping errors especially in Acroporids (Underwood et al. 2009; Richards & van Oppen 2012), the most common genotype per colony was tested for deviations from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium at each locus and linkage disequilibrium was tested for each pair of loci using the program ARLEQUIN…”
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Consequences of Coral Bleaching for Sessile Reef Organisms
McClanahan, T. R., Weil, E. F., Cortés, J., Baird, A. H., & Ateweberhan, M. (2008) · Ecological studies · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69775-6_8 · Cited by 95 · see citing works
The active spread of adaptive variation for reef resilience
Quigley, K. M., Bay, L. K., & van Oppen, M. J. H. (2019) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.5616 · Cited by 93 · see citing works
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The state of Western Australia’s coral reefs
Gilmour, J., Cook, K. L., Ryan, N. M., Puotinen, M. L., Green, R. H., Shedrawi, G., Hobbs, J., Thomson, D. P., Babcock, R. C., Buckee, J., et al. (2019) · Coral Reefs · doi:10.1007/s00338-019-01795-8 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
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Biannual spawning, rapid larval development and evidence of self-seeding for scleractinian corals at an isolated system of reefs
Gilmour, J., Smith, L., & Brinkman, R. (2009) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1171-8 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
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Gene Flow and Genetic Diversity of a Broadcast-Spawning Coral in Northern Peripheral Populations
Nakajima, Y., Nishikawa, A., Iguchi, A., & Sakai, K. (2010) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011149 · Cited by 82 · see citing works
“Relationships between genetic diversity and the geographic position of populations have also been surveyed, and decreases in genetic diversity have been detected in peripheral populations or with increasing latitude [20–23].”
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Effects of brooding and broadcasting reproductive modes on the population genetic structure of two Antarctic gastropod molluscs
Hoffman, J. I., Clarke, A., Linse, K., & Peck, L. S. (2010) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-010-1558-6 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
“For example, Nishikawa et al. (2003) and Underwood et al. (2009) recorded higher levels of genetic structure in brooding relative to broadcastspawning corals, and Watts and Thorpe (2006) and Sherman et al. (2008) found the same in bryozoa and cushion stars, respectively.”
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Genetic discontinuity among regional populations of Lophelia pertusa in the North Atlantic Ocean
Morrison, C. L., Ross, S. W., Nizinski, M. S., Brooke, S. D., Järnegren, J., Waller, R. G., Johnson, R. L., & King, T. L. (2011) · Conservation Genetics · doi:10.1007/s10592-010-0178-5 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
“Following expectations, several coral species with brooded larvae that settle quickly exhibit higher levels of genetic structuring than spawning species whose larvae spend extended periods of time in the plankton (e.g. Hellberg 1996; Ayre and Hughes 2000; Whitaker 2004; Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Genetic diversity and connectivity in a brooding reef coral at the limit of its distribution
Noreen, A. M. E., Harrison, P. L., & van Oppen, M. J. H. (2009) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1050 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
“Stochasticity of recruitment as well as differences in life history, larval competency periods, settlement and survival requirements (Harrison & Wallace 1990; Harrison & Booth 2007) mean that different species will have different levels of connectivity to, and genetic diversity at, isolated locations (e.g. Miller & Ay…”
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Exploring the role of Micronesian islands in the maintenance of coral genetic diversity in the Pacific Ocean
Davies, S. W., Treml, E. A., Kenkel, C. D., & Matz, M. V. (2014) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.13005 · Cited by 77 · see citing works
“Research has demonstrated contrasting pelagic larval durations (PLD) between brooding and broadcast-spawning corals, with some studies demonstrating more pronounced genetic structure in brooders (Hellberg 1996; Ayre & Hughes 2000; Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Global warming decreases connectivity among coral populations
Figueiredo, J., Thomas, C. J., Deleersnijder, É., Lambrechts, J., Baird, A. H., Connolly, S. R., & Hanert, E. (2021) · Nature Climate Change · doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01248-7 · Cited by 77 · see citing works
Gradients of disturbance and environmental conditions shape coral community structure for south‐eastern Indian Ocean reefs
Zinke, J., Gilmour, J., Fisher, R., Puotinen, M. L., Maina, J. M., Darling, E. S., Stat, M., Richards, Z. T., McClanahan, T. R., Beger, M., et al. (2018) · Diversity and Distributions · doi:10.1111/ddi.12714 · Cited by 73 · see citing works
“…connectivity, given its location with respect to neighbouring reefs, assuming that more isolated coral communities may differ in structure and composition due to limited accessibility to coral larvae for recovery (Gilmour, Smith, & Brinkman, 2009; Underwood, Smith, van Oppen, & Gilmour, 2009).”
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Maternal effects and Symbiodinium community composition drive differential patterns in juvenile survival in the coral Acropora tenuis
Quigley, K. M., Willis, B. L., & Bay, L. K. (2016) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.160471 · Cited by 71 · see citing works
“The lack of a strong population effect in our data suggests a lack of local adaptation, which is surprising given previous evidence of population genetic structure in corals [80,81] and the benefits of being locally adapted to the parental environment [82].”
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Cryptic genetic divergence within threatened species of Acropora coral from the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Richards, Z. T., Berry, O., & van Oppen, M. J. H. (2016) · Conservation Genetics · doi:10.1007/s10592-015-0807-0 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
“We calculated the proportion of unique multilocus genotypes (MLGs) at each site (Ng:N) (as per Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Range‐wide population genetic structure of the C aribbean sea fan coral, G orgonia ventalina
Andras, J. P., Rypien, K. L., & Harvell, C. D. (2012) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.12104 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
“tenuis) are differentiated across distances <10 km on reefs in Australia (Ayre & Hughes 2000; Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Circulation and connectivity on the Australian North West Shelf
Condie, S. A., & Andrewartha, J. (2008) · Continental Shelf Research · doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.04.003 · Cited by 66 · see citing works
Physical mechanisms influencing localized patterns of temperature variability and coral bleaching within a system of reef atolls
Green, R. H., Lowe, R. J., Buckley, M. L., Foster, T., & Gilmour, J. (2019) · Coral Reefs · doi:10.1007/s00338-019-01771-2 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
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Fine-scale spatial genetic structure and clonal distribution of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa
Dahl, M., Pereyra, R. T., Lundälv, T., & André, C. (2012) · Coral Reefs · doi:10.1007/s00338-012-0937-5 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Resilience to Disturbance Despite Limited Dispersal and Self-Recruitment in Tropical Barrel Sponges: Implications for Conservation and Management
Bell, J. J., Smith, D. J., Hannan, D. A., Haris, A., Jompa, J., & Thomas, L. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091635 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
“Genetic techniques have been widely applied to estimate patterns of genetic connectivity, and more recently demographic connectivity of tropical marine species, but the focus has primarily been on corals and fish [8–11], with little information on connectivity patterns of other reef organisms.”
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Genetic signatures through space, time and multiple disturbances in a ubiquitous brooding coral
Underwood, J. N., Richards, Z. T., Miller, K. J., Puotinen, M. L., & Gilmour, J. (2018) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.14559 · Cited by 57 · see citing works
“…region (Figure 1) and combined with previous data from Browse Island (n = 74), the Rowley Shoals (n = 115) and Scott Reef systems (n = 281; Underwood et al., 2009), and from the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) on the east coast of Australia (n = 876; Warner et al., 2015; data reference…”
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Early uptake of specific symbionts enhances the post-settlement survival of Acropora corals
Suzuki, G., Yamashita, H., Kai, S., Hayashibara, T., Suzuki, K., Iehisa, Y., Okada, W., Ando, W., & Komori, T. (2013) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps10548 · Cited by 57 · see citing works
Split spawning increases robustness of coral larval supply and inter-reef connectivity
Hock, K., Doropoulos, C., Gorton, R., Condie, S. A., & Mumby, P. J. (2019) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11367-7 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Genetic diversity, clonality and connectivity in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis: a multi-scale analysis in an insular, fragmented reef system
Adjeroud, M., Guérécheau, A., Vidal‐Dupiol, J., Flot, J., Arnaud‐Haond, S., & Bonhomme, F. (2013) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-013-2355-9 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
“Broadcasters are thought to be great dispersers, whereas brooders are considered to be poor dispersers, and have the potential for self-fertilization (Carlon 1999; Ayre and Hughes 2000; Nishikawa et al. 2003; Miller and Ayre 2008; Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Not All Larvae Stay Close to Home: Insights into Marine Population Connectivity with a Focus on the Brown Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus)
Eble, J. A., Rocha, L. A., Craig, M. T., & Bowen, B. W. (2010) · Journal of Marine Biology · doi:10.1155/2011/518516 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
“, brooders versus nonbrooders; reviewed in [22, 23]), there appears to be little evidence of a consistent relationship between species PLD and patterns of population connectivity [21, 24].”
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Ecological coherence of Marine Protected Areas: New tools applied to the Baltic Sea network
Jonsson, P. R., Moksnes, P., Corell, H., Bonsdorff, E., & Jacobi, M. N. (2020) · Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · doi:10.1002/aqc.3286 · Cited by 52 · see citing works
“…distance based on mark – recapture (Jones, Milicich, Emslie, & Lunow, 1999), pelagic larval duration (Shanks et al., 2003), genetic divergence (Underwood, Smith, van Oppen, & Gilmour, 2009), genetic assignment (Berument et al., 2012), and through biophysical models that include critical…”
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Temporal and spatial variability in coral recruitment on two Indonesian coral reefs: consistently lower recruitment to a degraded reef
Salinas‐de‐León, P., Dryden, C. S., Smith, D. J., & Bell, J. J. (2012) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-012-2066-7 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
“However, while there is some evidence that a high proportion of the coral larvae produced locally might be retained close to the parental population (Sammarco and Andrews 1988; Underwood et al. 2007; Underwood et al. 2009), the relatively close proximity of the two reefs (1.”
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Congruent patterns of connectivity can inform management for broadcast spawning corals on the Great Barrier Reef
Lukoschek, V., Riginos, C., & van Oppen, M. J. H. (2016) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.13649 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
“Microsatellite genotyping of Acropora tenuis Although species-specific microsatellites have not been developed for A. tenuis, previous research successfully used seven microsatellite loci developed for the congener A. millepora (van Oppen et al. 2007) to evaluate genetic connectivity among A. tenuis populations in Wes…”
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Population structure and connectivity of the mountainous star coral, Orbicella faveolata , throughout the wider Caribbean region
Rippe, J. P., Matz, M. V., Green, E. A., Medina, M., Khawaja, N. Z., Pongwarin, T., Pinzón, J. H., Castillo, K. D., & Davies, S. W. (2017) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.3448 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
“PLD varies across species, fertilization strategy, larval development rate, and responsiveness to settlement cues (Graham et al. 2008; Miller and Mundy 2003; Tebben et al. 2015; Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Population structure and connectivity in the Atlantic scleractinian coral Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Goodbody‐Gringley, G., Woollacott, R. M., & Giribet, G. (2011) · Marine Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00452.x · Cited by 50 · see citing works
“This observation is further supported by the findings of Underwood et al. (2009), which suggest that although many coral reefs are genetically differentiated, panmixia can occur at scales of tens of kilometers or less.”
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Genetic diversity and divergence among coastal and offshore reefs in a hard coral depend on geographic discontinuity and oceanic currents
Underwood, J. N. (2009) · Evolutionary Applications · doi:10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00065.x · Cited by 49 · see citing works
“Two multiplex polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) were performed per individual using fluorescently labelled primers (details of multiplex PCR, loci characteristics and GenBank acces- sion numbers are given in Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Surface slicks are pelagic nurseries for diverse ocean fauna
Whitney, J., Gove, J. M., McManus, M. A., Smith, K. A., Lecky, J., Neubauer, P., Phipps, J. E., Contreras, E. A., Kobayashi, D. R., & Asner, G. P. (2021) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-021-81407-0 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Sponge monitoring: Moving beyond diversity and abundance measures
Bell, J. J., Biggerstaff, A., Bates, T., Bennett, H. M., Marlow, J., McGrath, E. C., & Shaffer, M. (2017) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.001 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Understanding age‐specific dispersal in fishes through hydrodynamic modelling, genetic simulations and microsatellite DNA analysis
Berry, O., England, P. R., Marriott, R. J., Burridge, C. P., & Newman, S. J. (2012) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05520.x · Cited by 45 · see citing works
“Increasingly, individual- and parentage-based analyses are being used to provide more direct estimates of dispersal parameters in marine species (Planes et al. 2009; Underwood et al. 2009; Christie et al. 2010).”
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Integrating connectivity science and spatial conservation management of coral reefs in north-west Australia
Underwood, J. N., Wilson, S. K., Ludgerus, L., & Evans, R. D. (2013) · Journal for Nature Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2012.12.001 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
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Unexpected Fine-Scale Population Structure in a Broadcast-Spawning Antarctic Marine Mollusc
Hoffman, J. I., Clarke, A., Clark, M. S., Fretwell, P. T., & Peck, L. S. (2012) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032415 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
“However, despite this notion having received substantial empirical support [2,3,4,5,6,7] a number of exceptions have also been documented.”
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Contrasting patterns of genetic connectivity in brooding and spawning corals across a remote atoll system in northwest Australia
Thomas, L., Underwood, J. N., Adam, A. A. S., Richards, Z. T., Dugal, L., Miller, K. J., & Gilmour, J. (2019) · Coral Reefs · doi:10.1007/s00338-019-01884-8 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
“Population genetic studies and oceanographic dispersal models indicate that the Rowley Shoals are ecologically independent from other reef systems and reliant on local recruitment to maintain healthy populations (Underwood 2007, 2009; Underwood et al. 2012, 2013).”
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Extreme seascape drives local recruitment and genetic divergence in brooding and spawning corals in remote north‐west Australia
Underwood, J. N., Richards, Z. T., Berry, O., Oades, D., Howard, A., & Gilmour, J. (2020) · Evolutionary Applications · doi:10.1111/eva.13033 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
“This result is consistent with offshore studies in north-west Australia from other brooding species (Thomas et al., 2020; Underwood et al., 2009, 2018; Underwood, Smith, van Oppen, & Gilmour, 2007) but contrasts to recent evidence of panmixia over these local spatial scales (<100 km) in a different…”
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Population genetic structure of the stony coral <i>Acropora tenuis</i> shows high but variable connectivity in East Africa
van der Ven, R. M., Triest, L., De Ryck, D. J. R., Mwaura, J. M., Mohammed, M. S., & Kochzius, M. (2016) · Journal of Biogeography · doi:10.1111/jbi.12643 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
“Colonies formed by clonal fragmentation comprise on average 10% of sampled colonies of A. tenuis in the GBR, where this appears to be variable per reef (Underwood, 2009).”
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Metapopulation mean life time within complex networks
Kininmonth, S., Drechsler, M., Johst, K., & Possingham, H. P. (2010) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps08779 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
“The recent global bleaching events (Wilkinson 2000) have highlighted the need to consider populations as potentially isolated from colonisation processes (Underwood et al. 2009).”
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Genetic assessment of population structure and connectivity in the threatened Mediterranean coral Astroides calycularis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae) at different spatial scales
Casado-Amezúa, P., Goffredo, S., Templado, J., & Machordom, A. (2012) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05655.x · Cited by 39 · see citing works
“Ideally, the effective design of reserves must account for the spatial scales of larval dispersal (Underwood et al. 2009), especially when MPA networks are planned (Jones et al. 2007).”
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Parentage analyses identify local dispersal events and sibling aggregations in a natural population of Millepora hydrocorals, a free‐spawning marine invertebrate
Dubé, C., Boissin, É., Mercière, A., & Planes, S. (2020) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.15418 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
The Influence of Eddies on Coral Larval Retention in the Flower Garden Banks
Limer, B. D., Bloomberg, J., & Holstein, D. M. (2020) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00372 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
“Brooders often display high settlement success (Szmant, 1986), and high seascape genetic structure (Underwood et al., 2009), which suggests that local retention and recruitment of larvae is a feature of their life-histories.”
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Rarity and genetic diversity in I ndo– P acific A croporacorals
Richards, Z. T., & van Oppen, M. J. H. (2012) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.304 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“These population genetic studies suggest that some high latitude populations of common coral species are vulnerable to genetic erosion (Ayre and Hughes 2004; Underwood et al. 2009), but others are not (Noreen et al. 2009).”
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Intracolonial genetic variation in the scleractinian coral Seriatopora hystrix
Maier, E., Buckenmaier, A., Tollrian, R., & Nürnberger, B. (2011) · Coral Reefs · doi:10.1007/s00338-011-0857-9 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“Sh2-002, Sh2-006, Sh3-004, Sh3-007 and Sh4-001 were developed by Underwood et al. (2006) and previously used in S. hystrix from Australia (Underwood et al. 2007; van Oppen et al. 2008; Noreen et al. 2009).”
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Diet and condition of mesopredators on coral reefs in relation to shark abundance
Barley, S. C., Meekan, M. G., & Meeuwig, J. J. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165113 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Genetic diversity and large-scale connectivity of the scleractinian coral Porites lutea in the South China Sea
Huang, W., Li, M., Yu, K., Wang, Y., Li, J., Liang, J., Luo, Y., Huang, X., Qin, Z., Wang, G., et al. (2018) · Coral Reefs · doi:10.1007/s00338-018-1724-8 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“In contrast to the Great Barrier Reef and the Caribbean, where coral genetic connectivity has received considerable attention (Takabayashi et al. 2003; Magalon et al. 2005; Vollmer and Palumbi 2007; Nunes et al. 2009; Underwood et al. 2009; Van Oppen et al. 2011; Baums et al. 2012; Serrano et al. 2014; Lukoschek et al…”
Rapid increase in coral cover on an isolated coral reef, the Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve, north-western Australia
Ceccarelli, D. M., Richards, Z. T., Pratchett, M. S., & Cvitanovic, C. (2011) · Marine and Freshwater Research · doi:10.1071/mf11013 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
“Isolated reefs are increasingly being shown to rely primarily on self-replenishment (Ayre and Hughes 2004; Underwood et al. 2009) and the extent to which the protection of these reefs from anthropogenic disturbances offsets the limitations imposed by isolation is unknown (Hughes et al.”
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Acropora austera connectivity in the south-western Indian Ocean assessed using nuclear intron sequence data
Macdonald, A. H. H., Schleyer, M. H., & Lamb, J. M. (2010) · Marine Biology · doi:10.1007/s00227-010-1585-3 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
“2009), in isolated reefs (Ayre and Hughes 2000; Underwood et al. 2009) and in recovery of reefs (Underwood et al.”
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Population genetic structure of the Pocillopora damicornis morphospecies along Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
Thomas, L., Kendrick, G. A., Stat, M., Travaille, K. L. T., Shedrawi, G., & Kennington, W. J. (2014) · Marine Ecology Progress Series · doi:10.3354/meps10893 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
The unrealized potential of community science to support research on the resilience of protected areas
Binley, A. D., Proctor, C. A., Pither, R., Davis, S. A., & Bennett, J. (2021) · Conservation Science and Practice · doi:10.1111/csp2.376 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
“…within a wider network are thought to have greater genetic diversity, recover better from disturbance (Underwood, Smith, Oppen, & Gilmour, 2009), adjust better to developing threats (Belote et al., 2017), and be more resilient to change (Minor & Urban, 2008; Underwood et al., 2009).”
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Hydrodynamic drivers of fine‐scale connectivity within a coral reef atoll
Grimaldi, C. M., Lowe, R. J., Benthuysen, J. A., Cuttler, M. V. W., Green, R. H., Radford, B., Ryan, N. M., & Gilmour, J. (2022) · Limnology and Oceanography · doi:10.1002/lno.12198 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
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A tale of two reef systems: Local conditions, disturbances, coral life histories, and the climate catastrophe
Gilmour, J., Cook, K. L., Ryan, N. M., Puotinen, M. L., Green, R. H., & Heyward, A. J. (2021) · Ecological Applications · doi:10.1002/eap.2509 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
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Evolutionary Responses of a Reef-building Coral to Climate Change at the End of the Last Glacial Maximum
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Authors: Underwood, J. N., Smith, L. D., Oppen, M. J. H. V., & Gilmour, J. P.
Affiliations: The University of Western Australia (AU)
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AU)
Corresponding author: Underwood, Jim N.
ORCID: Underwood, Jim N.
Smith, Luke D.
Oppen, Madeleine J. H. van
Gilmour, James P.
Venue: Ecological Applications
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009-01
Volume: 19
Issue: 1
Pages: 18-29
ISSN: 1051-0761 (ISSN-L)
1939-5582
DOI: 10.1890/07-1461.1
OpenAlex: W2112535325
Cited by: 157
References: 80
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 14
FWCI: 11.94
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Ecological Applications (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Keywords: coral larval dispersal, coral reef resilience, marine protected area design, genetic subdivision, Acropora tenuis, Seriatopora hystrix, broadcast spawning, brooding corals, population structure, reef hydrodynamics, disturbance recovery
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Demography, Genotype, Reproduction, Genetic Variation, Ecosystem, Anthozoa

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