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Wild and nursery-raised corals: comparative physiology of two framework coral species.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02333-9

Worldwide decline in coral populations has led to the development of numerous coral conservation and restoration groups. These groups have established successful methods for propagating and growing corals in nurseries for outplanting...

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Symbiont composition and coral genotype determines massive coral species performance under end-of-century climate scenarios

https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1026426

The recent decline of coral health and substantial loss of coral cover along Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR) results from local stressors such as degraded water quality and disease outbreaks in addition to anthropogenically driven global...

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The Coral Bleaching Automated Stress System (CBASS): A low-cost, portable system for standardized empirical assessments of coral thermal limits

https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10555

Ocean warming is increasingly affecting marine ecosystems across the globe. Reef-building corals are particularly affected by warming, with mass bleaching events increasing in frequency and leading to widespread coral mortality. Yet,...

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Coral Health & Disease

https://mote.org/research/program/coral-health-disease/

Several stressors including climate change and infectious diseases have caused significant losses in living coral, particularly in Florida, leading to ecosystems on the brink of functional extinction. ...

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Mote’s Coral Research Exhibit

https://mote.org/location/key-west-exhibit/

About This Campus To educate and involve visitors in the protection and conservation of coral reef ecosystems, Mote Marine Laboratory has teamed up with NOAA and their partners to create Mote’s...

A man lifts staghorn coral fragments out of a raceway tank.
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Mote’s Key Largo Coral Nursery

https://mote.org/location/key-largo-coral-nursery/

About This Campus To expand our positive impacts on coral reefs in the Upper Florida Keys, Mote Marine Laboratory created the first and only land-based coral nursery in Key Largo. The Key Largo Coral Nursery, situated on...

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Mote’s Islamorada Coral Nursery

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About This Campus To expand our positive impacts on coral reefs in the Upper Florida Keys, Mote Marine Laboratory created the first and only coral nursery in Islamorada. The Islamorada Coral Nursery, situated on the property...

Mote leaders join U.S. and State leaders to cut the ribbon for Mote's Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center
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Mote opens the first Caribbean king crab hatchery in an effort to save Florida’s coral reefs

https://mote.org/news/mote-opens-the-first-caribbean-king-crab-hatchery-in-an-effort-to-save-floridas-coral-reefs/

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium celebrated the official opening of its Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center, which is the first fully operational Caribbean king crab hatchery of its kind that will aid...

A Mote scientist in dive gear underwater carries fragments of corals on a white tray, evacuating them from Mote's underwater nursery during the extreme heat event of summer 2023.
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Mote saves thousands of endangered corals amidst extreme high-water temps

https://mote.org/news/mote-saves-thousands-of-endangered-corals-amidst-extreme-high-water-temps/

A look into the future of Mote’s science-based coral restoration efforts As Florida’s Coral Reef experienced record-breaking heat waves starting in July, with temperatures in adjacent backreef areas reaching...

Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge divers join Mote staff including President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby to plant corals on July 13, 2023, along Key West.
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On a mission: Mote and wounded veterans rebuild Key West coral reef

https://mote.org/news/on-a-mission-mote-and-wounded-veterans-rebuild-key-west-coral-reef/

On Thursday, July 13, Mote Marine Laboratory once again joined forces with members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) to plant corals and restore the Higgs Head coral reef in Key...

A coral with black band disease is measured for disease progression in a study by Mote and partners.
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Mote scientists and pharmaceutical innovators work with the National Park Service to treat lethal coral disease

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Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium teamed up with the National Park Service and pharmaceutical scientists at Ocean Alchemists LLC to develop treatments for black band disease (BBD), a lethal coral disease, which will contribute...

Screenshot from Yahoo In The Know video interview with Marina Villoch at Mote
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Yahoo In The Know: Coral science with Mote intern turned lab manager

https://mote.org/news/yahoo-in-the-know-coral-science-with-mote-intern-turned-lab-manager/

Marina Villoch describes herself as "the intern that never left" in a new video from Yahoo In The Know, which explores her exciting career as lab manager for Mote Marine Laboratory's Coral Health & Disease Research Program. Like...

Mote and supporters cut the ribbon to open a new coral nursery in Key Largo
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Mote, state and local officials, community members welcome Key Largo’s 1st land-based coral nursery

https://mote.org/news/mote-state-and-local-officials-community-members-welcome-key-largos-1st-land-based-coral-nursery/

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to announce the official opening of its second satellite coral nursery at the Reefhouse Resort & Marina in Key Largo, Florida. The facility joins Mote’s main Keys lab, the Elizabeth...

Mote Postdoctoral Researcher and first author on the paper Dr. Sara Williams analyzed the bacteria communities of corals.
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New Mote peer-review publication highlights importance of studying the microbiomes of coral

https://mote.org/news/new-mote-peer-review-publication-highlights-importance-of-studying-the-microbiomes-of-coral/

It's Coral Reef Awareness Week! Check out the newest coral research from Mote scientists who show you can take the coral out of the reef, but you can’t take the reef out of the coral. As highlighted in new peer-reviewed research...

Current and past Mote staff and interns at the International Coral Reef Symposium
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Mote scientists present coral discoveries in Germany

https://mote.org/news/mote-scientists-present-coral-discoveries-in-germany/

Cutting-edge coral reef research took the spotlight this week as six Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and their Mote-affiliated peers presented their latest discoveries during the 15th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in...

Mote plans to consistently out plant coral over the coming weeks and months in the Upper Keys
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Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada

https://mote.org/news/mote-outplanted-the-first-coral-fragments-from-its-satellite-nursery-in-islamorada/

On April 28, Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada at Bud 'N Mary's Marina. These corals were initially fragmented on the evening of November 11, 2021 during a special celebration of the...

Coral fragments growing in a raceway. Mote is bringing a new land-based nursery to Key Largo
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Mote announces plans for new land-based coral nursery, the first of its kind in Key Largo

https://mote.org/news/mote-announces-plans-for-new-land-based-coral-nursery-the-first-of-its-kind-in-key-largo/

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium announced plans for future development to bring science-based coral reef restoration to Key Largo.  A new land-based nursery, the first in Key Largo, will be built on the grounds of the Reefhouse...

Coral fragments growing in Mote's land based nursery in the Florida Keys.
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Mote Marine Lab becomes member of International Coral Reef Initiative

https://mote.org/news/mote-marine-lab-becomes-member-of-international-coral-reef-initiative/

As coral reefs, our “rainforests of the sea”, decline around the world, researchers, restoration practitioners, environmental managers, government regulators, and more race against the extinction clock. The

Photo: A Mote-restored colony of mountainous star coral. Credit Dr. Hanna Koch/Mote Marine Laboratory
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A year of coral-saving science – 2020 Annual Report

https://mote.org/news/a-year-of-coral-saving-science-2020-annual-report/

This story is a highlight from our 2020 Annual Report. CORAL RESTORATION: BREAKTHROUGHS & BABIES In August 2020, years...

A scuba diver outplants coral fragments onto a reef in the Florida Keys.
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Federal grant to help Mote, partners continue to restore and save Florida’s Coral Reef

https://mote.org/news/federal-grant-to-help-mote-partners-continue-to-restore-and-save-floridas-coral-reef/

Coral Restoration Project at Eastern Dry Rocks Awarded $5 Million Grant The project will strengthen coastal resilience, revitalize critical fish and wildlife habitat, and engage the community as part of NOAA’s Mission:...

Mountainous star coral, the massive species that spawned after being restored by Mote Marine Laboratory. Credit: Joe Berg
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Mote Marine Laboratory documents another first for massive corals in Florida

https://mote.org/news/mote-marine-laboratory-documents-another-first-for-massive-corals-in-florida/

August 12, 2020—Sarasota, FL—For the first time in Florida or Caribbean waters, restored massive corals were observed spawning—part of sexual reproduction that could result in the next generation...

Dr. Hanna Koch visits Mote's restored mountainous star coral. Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
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Breakthrough: Restored corals ready to become parents

https://mote.org/news/breakthrough-restored-corals-ready-to-become-parents/

MEDIA CONTACTS Stephannie Kettle, Public Relations Manager, skettle@mote.org, 941.302.4997 Allison Delashmit, Keys Communications...

Mote's Dr. Abigail Clark samples coral tissue for the new study stony coral. Photo by Ray Banister/Mote Marine Laboratory
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New study: Bacteria associated with deadly coral disease on Florida’s Coral Reef

https://mote.org/news/new-study-bacteria-associated-with-deadly-coral-disease-on-floridas-coral-reef/

New research on stony coral tissue loss disease reveals similar “bacterial signatures” among sick corals and nearby water and sediments for the first time. Results hint at how this deadly disease might spread, and which bacteria...

Mote scientists set up their underwater, ELKHORN coral, spawning nursery. Credit: Dr. Hanna Koch/Mote Marine Laboratory
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Mote launches elkhorn coral spawning nursery to aid threatened species

https://mote.org/news/mote-launches-elkhorn-coral-spawning-nursery-to-aid-threatened-species/

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are launching a new, underwater spawning nursery for elkhorn coral, with the goal of strategically breeding and restoring this rapidly declining, native species that is at risk of disappearing from...

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Major study improves understanding of stony coral tissue loss disease

https://mote.org/news/major-study-improves-understanding-of-stony-coral-tissue-loss-disease/

Gov. DeSantis speaks about corals with Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby and state leaders.
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Mote joins state leaders to highlight coral reefs during Super Bowl LIV

https://mote.org/news/mote-joins-state-leaders-to-highlight-coral-reefs-during-super-bowl-liv/

Mote Marine Laboratory’s President & CEO joined Florida’s Governor, state agency leaders and partners at all levels to raise awareness for coral reefs on Jan. 30 in Miami, where Mote’s traveling exhibit Sanctuary Reef was...

Coral gamete bundes (packets of sperm and eggs) produced during sexual reproduction
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Coral ‘matchmaker’ breeds threatened species

https://mote.org/news/coral-matchmaker-breeds-threatened-species/

Florida’s coral reefs have enough problems—unprecedented levels of coral disease, climate change, pollution and hurricanes—without struggling to reproduce sexually. But struggle they do. As environmental stress grows and coral...

Mote coral technician during a coral research experiment.
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Mote Coral Research Supported by New Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Grant

https://mote.org/news/mote-coral-research-supported-by-new-arthur-vining-davis-foundations-grant/

With strategic support from the Jacksonville, Florida-based Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is continuing to push forward with its vital coral research and...

Dr. Erinn Muller, Staff Scientist, Program manager, Science Director at Mote Marine Laboratory samples coral.
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Mote Scientist Earns Prestigious Presidential Award for Coral Research

https://mote.org/news/mote-scientist-earns-prestigious-presidential-award/

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is extremely honored to announce that Dr. Erinn Muller, Science Director of Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef...

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Founders Garden Club supports coral disease research at Mote Marine Laboratory

https://mote.org/news/founders-garden-club-supports-coral-disease-research-at-mote-marine-laboratory/

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium coral scientists may get one step closer to better understanding a devastating coral disease with the help of a new grant from the Founders Garden Club of Sarasota. The Founders Garden Club,...

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