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Reef Indicators Lab
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
College of Marine Science

Quantifying Ecological and Economic Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Coral Reefs and Coastal Water Quality in South Florida

Hurricane impacts on benthic resources bibliography:

Andres, N. G. and N. L. Rodenhouse (1993). "Resilience of Corals to Hurricanes - a Simulation-Model." Coral Reefs 12(3-4): 167-175.

Aronson, R. B. (1992). "The Effects of Geography and Hurricane Disturbance on a Tropical Predator-Prey Interaction." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 162(1): 15-33.

Aronson, R. B. (1993). "Hurricane Effects on Backreef Echinoderms of the Caribbean." Coral Reefs 12(3-4): 139-142.

Baldwin, A., M. Egnotovich, M. Ford and W. Platt (2001). "Regeneration in fringe mangrove forests damaged by Hurricane Andrew." Plant Ecology 157(2): 149-162.

Beltran-Torres, A. U., L. Munoz-Sanchez and J. P. Carricart-Ganivet (2003). "Effects of Hurricane Keith at a patch reef on Banco Chinchorro, Mexican Caribbean." Bulletin of Marine Science 73(1): 187-196.

Blair, S. M., T. L. Mcintosh and B. J. Mostkoff (1994). "Impacts of Hurricane-Andrew on the Offshore Reef Systems of Central and Northern Dade County, Florida." Bulletin of Marine Science 54(3): 961-973.

Boss, S. K. and A. C. Neumann (1993). "Impacts of Hurricane-Andrew on Carbonate Platform Environments, Northern Great-Bahama-Bank." Geology 21(10): 897-900.

Bouchon, C., Y. Bouchonnavaro, D. Imbert and M. Louis (1991). "The Effects of Hurricane Hugo on the Coastal Environment of Guadeloupe Island (Fwi)." Annales De L Institut Oceanographique 67(1): 5-33.

Bries, J. M., A. O. Debrot and D. L. Meyer (2004). "Damage to the leeward reefs of Curacao and Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles from a rare storm event: Hurricane Lenny, November 1999." Coral Reefs 23(2): 297-307.

Bythell, J. C., M. Bythell and E. H. Gladfelter (1993). "Initial Results of a Long-Term Coral-Reef Monitoring Program - Impact of Hurricane Hugo at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St-Croix, United-States Virgin-Islands." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 172(1-2): 171-183.

Bythell, J. C., Z. M. Hillis-Starr and C. S. Rogers (2000). "Local variability but landscape stability in coral reef communities following repeated hurricane impacts." Marine Ecology-Progress Series 204: 93-100.

Cheal, A. J., G. Coleman, S. Delean, I. Miller, K. Osborne and H. Sweatman (2002). "Responses of coral and fish assemblages to a severe but short-lived tropical cyclone on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia." Coral Reefs 21(2): 131-142.

Connell, J. H., T. E. Hughes, C. C. Wallace, J. E. Tanner, K. E. Harms and A. M. Kerr (2004). "A long-term study of competition and diversity of corals." Ecological Monographs 74(2): 179-210.

Davis, R. A. (1995). "Geologic Impact of Hurricane-Andrew on Everglades Coast of Southwest Florida." Environmental Geology 25(3): 143-148.

Davis, S. E., J. E. Cable, D. L. Childers, C. Coronado-Molina, J. W. Day, C. D. Hittle, C. J. Madden, E. Reyes, D. Rudnick and F. Sklar (2004). "Importance of storm events in controlling ecosystem structure and function in a Florida gulf coast estuary." Journal of Coastal Research 20(4): 1198-1208.

Dollar, S. J. and G. W. Tribble (1993). "Recurrent Storm Disturbance and Recovery - a Long-Term Study of Coral Communities in Hawaii." Coral Reefs 12(3-4): 223-233.

Donnelly, J. P. (2005). "Evidence of past intense tropical cyclones from backbarrier salt pond sediments: A case study from Isla de Culebrita, Puerto Rico, USA." Journal of Coastal Research : 201-210.

Edmunds, P. J. and J. D. Witman (1991). "Effect of Hurricane Hugo on the Primary Framework of a Reef Along the South Shore of St-John, United-States Virgin-Islands." Marine Ecology-Progress Series 78(2): 201-204.

Fenner, D. P. (1991). "Effects of Hurricane Gilbert on Coral Reefs, Fishes and Sponges at Cozumel, Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science 48(3): 719-730.

Finkl, C. W. and R. H. Charlier (2003). "Sustainability of subtropical coastal zones in southeastern Florida: Challenges for urbanized coastal environments threatened by development, pollution, water supply, and storm hazards." Journal of Coastal Research 19(4): 934-943.

Fong, P. and D. Lirman (1994). "Damage and Recovery on a Coral-Reef Following Hurricane-Andrew." Research & Exploration 10(2): 246-248.

Fong, P. and D. Lirman (1995). "Hurricanes cause population expansion of the branching coral Acropora palmata (Scleractinia): Wound healing and growth patterns of asexual recruits." Marine Ecology-Pubblicazioni Della Stazione Zoologica Di Napoli I 16(4): 317-335.

Fourqurean, J. W. and L. M. Rutten (2004). "The impact of Hurricane Georges on soft-bottom, back reef communities: Site- and species-specific effects in south Florida seagrass beds." Bulletin of Marine Science 75(2): 239-257.

Gardner, L. R., W. K. Michener, T. M. Williams, E. R. Blood, B. Kjerve, L. A. Smock, D. J. Lipscomb and C. Gresham (1992). "Disturbance Effects of Hurricane Hugo on a Pristine Coastal Landscape - North Inlet, South-Carolina, USA." Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 30: 249-263.

Gardner, T. A., I. M. Cote, J. A. Gill, A. Grant and A. R. Watkinson (2005). "Hurricanes and Caribbean coral reefs: Impacts, recovery patterns, and role in long-term decline." Ecology 86(1): 174-184.

Glynn, P. W., D. Lirman, A. C. Baker and G. E. L. Morales (1998). "First documented hurricane strikes on eastern Pacific coral reefs reveal only slight damage." Coral Reefs 17(4): 368-368.

Highsmith, R. C., A. C. Riggs and C. M. Dantonio (1980). "Survival of Hurricane-Generated Coral Fragments and a Disturbance Model of Reef Calcification-Growth Rates." Oecologia 46(3): 322-329.

Hobson, E., J. Chess and D. Howard (1995). "Anomalous Damage Inflicted by Hurricane Iniki on a Hawaiian Coral-Reef." Bulletin of Marine Science 57(2): 495-500.

Hubbard, D. K. (1992). "Hurricane-Induced Sediment Transport in Open-Shelf Tropical Systems - an Example from St-Croix, United-States Virgin-Islands." Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 62(6): 946-960.

Hughes, T. P. (1994). "Catastrophes, Phase-Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral-Reef." Science 265(5178): 1547-1551.

Hughes, T. P. and J. H. Connell (1999). "Multiple stressors on coral reefs: A long-term perspective." Limnology and Oceanography 44(3): 932-940.

Imbert, D., P. Labbe and A. Rousteau (1996). "Hurricane damage and forest structure in Guadeloupe, French West Indies." Journal of Tropical Ecology 12: 663-680.

Jordan-Dahlgren, E. and R. E. Rodriguez-Martinez (1998). "Post-hurricane initial recovery of Acropora palmata in two reefs of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science 63(1): 213-228.

Kendall, M. S., T. Battista and Z. Hillis-Starr (2004). "Long term expansion of a deep Syringodium filiforme meadow in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands: the potential role of hurricanes in the dispersal of seeds." Aquatic Botany 78(1): 15-25.

Kobluk, D. R. and M. A. Lysenko (1993). "Hurricane Effects on Shallow-Water Cryptic Reef Mollusks, Fiji Islands." Journal of Paleontology 67(5): 798-816.

Kovacs, J. M., M. Blanco-Correa and F. Flores-Verdugo (2001). "A logistic regression model of hurricane impacts in a mangrove forest of the Mexican Pacific." Journal of Coastal Research 17(1): 30-37.

Letourneur, Y., M. Harmelinvivien and R. Galzin (1993). "Impact of Hurricane Firinga on Fish Community Structure on Fringing Reefs of Reunion Island, S W Indian-Ocean." Environmental Biology of Fishes 37(2): 109-120.

Lirman, D. (2000). "Fragmentation in the branching coral Acropora palmata (Lamarck): growth, survivorship, and reproduction of colonies and fragments." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 251(1): 41-57.

Lirman, D. (2000). "Lesion regeneration in the branching coral Acropora palmata: effects of colonization, colony size, lesion size, and lesion shape." Marine Ecology-Progress Series 197: 209-215.

Lirman, D. (2003). "A simulation model of the population dynamics of the branching coral Acropora palmata - Effects of storm intensity and frequency." Ecological Modelling 161(3): 169-182.

Lirman, D. and P. Fong (1995). "The Effects of Hurricane-Andrew and Tropical-Storm-Gordon on Florida Reefs." Coral Reefs 14(3): 172-172.

Lirman, D. and P. Fong (1997). "Patterns of damage to the branching coral Acropora palmata following Hurricane Andrew: Damage and survivorship of hurricane-generated asexual recruits." Journal of Coastal Research 13(1): 67-72.

Lirman, D., P. W. Glynn, A. C. Baker and G. E. L. Morales (2001). "Combined effects of three sequential storms on the Huatulco coral reef tract, Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science 69(1): 267-278.

Lugo, A. E., C. Rogers and S. Nixon (2000). "Hurricanes, coral reefs and rainforests: Resistance, ruin and recovery in the Caribbean." Ambio 29(2): 106-114.

McCoy, E. D., H. R. Mushinsky, D. Johnson and W. E. Meshaka (1996). "Mangrove damage caused by hurricane Andrew on the southwestern coast of Florida." Bulletin of Marine Science 59(1): 1-8.

Michener, W. K., E. R. Blood, K. L. Bildstein, M. M. Brinson and L. R. Gardner (1997). "Climate change, hurricanes and tropical storms, and rising sea level in coastal wetlands." Ecological Applications 7(3): 770-801.

Moran, D. P. and M. L. Reakakudla (1991). "Effects of Disturbance - Disruption and Enhancement of Coral-Reef Cryptofaunal Populations by Hurricanes." Coral Reefs 9(4): 215-224.

Mumby, P. J. (1999). "Bleaching and hurricane disturbances to populations of coral recruits in Belize." Marine Ecology-Progress Series 190: 27-35.

Ostrander, G. K., K. M. Armstrong, E. T. Knobbe, D. Gerace and E. P. Scully (2000). "Rapid transition in the structure of a coral reef community: The effects of coral bleaching and physical disturbance." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97(10): 5297-5302.

Platt, W. J. and J. H. Connell (2003). "Natural disturbances and directional replacement of species." Ecological Monographs 73(4): 507-522.

Porter, J. W. and O. W. Meier (1992). "Quantification of Loss and Change in Floridian Reef Coral Populations." American Zoologist 32(6): 625-640.

Rodriguez, R. W., R. M. T. Webb and D. M. Bush (1994). "Another Look at the Impact of Hurricane Hugo on the Shelf and Coastal Resources of Puerto-Rico, USA." Journal of Coastal Research 10(2): 278-296.

Rogers, C. S., L. N. Mclain and C. R. Tobias (1991). "Effects of Hurricane Hugo (1989) on a Coral-Reef in St-John, Usvi." Marine Ecology-Progress Series 78(2): 189-199.

Rogers, C. S. and J. Miller (2001). "Coral bleaching, hurricane damage, and benthic cover on coral reefs in St John, US Virgin Islands: A comparison of surveys with the chain transect method and videography." Bulletin of Marine Science 69(2): 459-470.

Roth, L. C. (1992). "Hurricanes and Mangrove Regeneration - Effects of Hurricane Joan, October 1988, on the Vegetation of Isla Del Venado, Bluefields, Nicaragua." Biotropica 24(3): 375-384.

Salazar-Vallejo, S. I. (2002). "Tropical storms and tropical coastal biodiversity." Revista De Biologia Tropical 50(2): 415-428.

Scatena, F. N., S. Moya, C. Estrada and J. D. Chinea (1996). "The first five years in the reorganization of aboveground biomass and nutrient use following Hurricane Hugo in the Bisley experimental watersheds, Luquillo experimental forest, Puerto Rico." Biotropica 28(4): 424-440.

Scoffin, T. P. (1993). "The Geological Effects of Hurricanes on Coral-Reefs and the Interpretation of Storm Deposits." Coral Reefs 12(3-4): 203-221.

Sherman, R. E., T. J. Fahey and P. Martinez (2001). "Hurricane impacts on a mangrove forest in the Dominican Republic: Damage patterns and early recovery." Biotropica 33(3): 393-408.

Snyder, R. A. and C. L. Boss (2002). "Recovery and stability in barrier island plant communities." Journal of Coastal Research 18(3): 530-536.

Stone, G. W., X. P. Zhang and A. Sheremet (2005). "The role of barrier islands, muddy shelf and reefs in mitigating the wave field along coastal Louisiana." Journal of Coastal Research : 40-55.

Swiadek, J. W. (1997). "The impacts of Hurricane Andrew on mangrove coasts in southern Florida: A review." Journal of Coastal Research 13(1): 242-245.

Tilmant, J. T., R. W. Curry, R. Jones, A. Szmant, J. C. Zieman, M. Flora, M. B. Robblee, D. Smith, R. W. Snow and H. Wanless (1994). "Hurricane-Andrew Effects on Marine Resources." Bioscience 44(4): 230-237.

Tunnicliffe, V. (1983). "Caribbean Staghorn Coral Populations - Pre-Hurricane Allen Conditions in Discovery Bay, Jamaica." Bulletin of Marine Science 33(1): 132-151.

Vantussenbroek, B. I. (1994). "The Impact of Hurricane Gilbert on the Vegetative Development of Thalassia-Testudinum in Puerto Morelos Coral-Reef Lagoon, Mexico - a Retrospective Study." Botanica Marina 37(5): 421-428.

Witman, J. D. (1992). "Physical Disturbance and Community Structure of Exposed and Protected Reefs - a Case-Study from St-John, United-States Virgin-Islands." American Zoologist 32(6): 641-654.

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Woodley, J. D., E. A. Chornesky, P. A. Clifford, J. B. C. Jackson, L. S. Kaufman, N. Knowlton, J. C. Lang, M. P. Pearson, J. W. Porter, M. C. Rooney, K. W. Rylaarsdam, V. J. Tunnicliffe, C. M. Wahle, J. L. Wulff, A. S. G. Curtis, M. D. Dallmeyer, B. P. Jupp, M. A. R. Koehl, J. Neigel and E. M. Sides (1981). "Hurricane Allens Impact on Jamaican Coral Reefs." Science 214(4522): 749-755.

Wulff, J. L. (1995). "Effects of a Hurricane on Survival and Orientation of Large Erect Coral-Reef Sponges." Coral Reefs 14(1): 55-61.