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Christina Kellogg (SPCMSC Research Microbiologist) will present results of the study “Identifying Mangrove-Coral Habitats in the Florida Keys” at Mote Marine Laboratory’s virtual Protect Our Reefs (POR) project meeting. This project meeting is to showcase the results of POR-funded projects from the previous year. The manuscript describing the study is available on the preprint se
Coral reefs are degrading due to many synergistic stressors. Recently there have been a number of global reports of corals occupying mangrove habitats that provide a supportive environment or refugium for corals, sheltering them by reducing stressors such as oxidative light stress and low pH. This was the first study to search for mangrove-coral habitats in the Florida Keys. Co-authors on the study include Kimberly Yates (SPCMSC Research Oceanographer), Ryan Moyer and Mary Jacobsen (Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation/Florida Fish & Wildlife Research Institute).
The paper is published on the preprint server, under review at journal PeerJ. For more information about the habitats in the Florida Keys, watch the Mangrove-Coral Habitats Story Map.
