RAPID: The black urchin (Diadema antillarum) massive resurgent die-off: Causes, demographi — NSF Award to SOCIEDAD AMBIENTE MARINO
In recent decades, many marine species in Caribbean coral reef ecosystems have been impacted by disease. A well-documented mass mortality event affecting the long-spined black sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the early 1980s stands out because it had wide-ranging impacts on reef ecosystems. The urchins function as gate
| Award title | RAPID: The black urchin (Diadema antillarum) massive resurgent die-off: Causes, demographi |
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| Award ID | 2243580 |
| Awardee | SOCIEDAD AMBIENTE MARINO INC. |
| City | SAN JUAN |
| State | PR |
| Amount obligated | $199,919 |
| Principal investigator | Carlos Toledo-Hernandez |
| Program | BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY |
| Start date | 12/15/2022 |
| Abstract | In recent decades, many marine species in Caribbean coral reef ecosystems have been impacted by disease. A well-documented mass mortality event affecting the long-spined black sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the early 1980s stands out because it had wide-ranging impacts on reef ecosystems. The urchins function as gatekeeper grazers, feeding mainly on macroalgae and preventing algae from overgrowing reefs. In the 1980s, an unknown disease killed over 90% of these urchins across the Caribbean, ch |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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