Berklemans, R., De’ath, G., Kininmonth, S., and Skirving, W. J.,
2004. A comparison of the 1998 and 2002 coral bleaching events
on the Great Barrier Reef: spatial correlation, patterns, and predictions. Coral Reefs, 23, 74–83.
Boschma, H., 1961. Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa,
Madreporaria): proposed validation under the plenary powers.
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 20, 319–330.
Brown, B. E., 1997. Coral bleaching: causes and consequences
Coral Reefs 16, S129–S138.
Bythell, J. C., Gladfelter, E., and Bythell, M., 1993. Chronic and
catastrophic natural mortality of three common Caribbean
corals. Coral Reefs, 12, 143–152.
Chen, C. A., Wallace, C. C., and Wolstenholme, J., 2002. Analysis
of mitochondrial 12S RNA gene supports the two-clade hypothesis of evolutionary history of scleractinian corals. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution, 23, 137–149.
Chen, I.-P., Tang, C.-Y., Chiou C.-Y., Hsu, J.-H., Wei, N. V.,
Wallace, C. C., Muir, P., Wu, H., and Chen, C. A., 2009. Comparative analyses of coding and noncoding DNA regions indicate that Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractina) possesses a similar
evolutionary tempo of nuclear vs. mitochondrial genomes as in
plants. Marine Biotechnology, 11, 141–152.
China, W. E., 1983. Opinion 674: Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa,
Madreporaria): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of
Zoological Nomenclature, 18, 334–335.
Connell, J. J., Hughes, T. P., Wallace, C. C., Tanner, J. E.,
Harms, K. E., and Kerr, A. M., 2004. A long-term study of competition and diversity of corals. Ecological Monographs, 74,
179–210.
Done, T. J., 1999. Coral community adaptability to environmental
change at the scales of regions, reefs and reef zones. American
Zoologist, 39, 66–79.
Done, T., Turak, E., Wakefield, M., DeVantier, L., McDonald, A.,
and Fisk, D., 2007. Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef: loss of resilience or too soon to tell?
Coral Reefs, 26, 789–815.
Fabricius, K. E., 2005. Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of
corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis. Marine Pollution
Bulletin, 50, 125–146.
Fabricius, K., and Wolanski, E., 2000. Rapid smothering of coral
reef organisms by muddy marine snow. Estuarine, Coastal and
Shelf Science, 50, 115–120.
Gladfelter, E. 2008. Coral skeletons: from calcium carbonate to
intricate architecture. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium,
Abstracts, p. 15.
Hellberg, M. E., 2006. No variation and low substitution rates in
coral mtDNA despite high nuclear variation. BMC Evolutionary
Biology, 6, 24.
le Goff-Vitry, M. C., Rogers, A. D., and Baglow, D., 2004. A deepsea slant on the molecular phylogeny of the Scleractinia. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution, 30, 167–177.
Linneaus, 1758. Systema Naturae (edition 10) 1, 1–824 Laurentii
Salvii, Holmiae.
Marshall, P. A., and Baird, A. H., 2006. Bleaching of corals on the
Great Barrier Reef: differential susceptibilities among taxa.
Coral Reefs, 19, 155–163.
McClanahan, T. R., Buddemeir, R. W., Hoeegh-Guildberg, O.,
and Sammarco, P., 2008. Projecting the current trajectory
of coral reefs. In Polunin, N. V. C., (ed.), Aquatic
Ecosystems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.
242–260.
Munday, P. L., 2002. Does habitat availability determine geographicalscale abundance of coral-dwelling fishes? Coral Reefs, 21,
105–116.
Nothdurft, L. D., and Webb, G. E., 2007. Microstructure of common
reef-building coral genera Acropora, Pocillopora, Goniastrea
and Porites: constraints on spatial resolution in geochemical
sampling. Facies, 53, 1–26.
Oken, L., 1815. Steinkorallen. Lehrbuch Naturgesch, 3, 59–74.
Richards, Z. T., van Oppen, M. J. H., Wallace, C. C., Willis, B. L.,
and Miller, D. J., 2008. Some rare Indo-Pacific coral species
are probable hybrids. PLoS ONE, 3(9), e3240. doi:10.1371/
journal.pone.0003240.
Roff, G., Dove, S. G., and Dunn, S. R., 2009. Mesenterial filaments
make a clean sweep of substrated for coral growth. Coral Reefs,
28, 70.
Romano, S. L., and Cairns, S. D., 2000. Molecular phylogenetic
hypotheses for the evolution of scleractinian corals. Bulletin of
Marine Science, 67, 1043–1068.
Roniewicz, E., 1996. The key role of skeletal microsctructure in recognizing high-rank scleractinian taxa in the stratographic record.
Palaeontological Society Papers, 1, 187–206.
Rosen, B. R., 1986. Modular growth and form of corals: a matter of
metamers? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of
London B, 313, 115–142.
Schuster, F., 2003. Oligocene and Miocene examples of Acroporadominated palaeoenvironments: Mesohellenic Basin (NW
Greece) and northern Gulf of Suez (Egypt). In Proceedings 9th
International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, Vol. 1,
pp. 199–203.
Van Oppen, M. J. H., Willis, B. L., and Miller, D. 1999. Atypically
low rate of cytochrome b evolution in the scleractinian coral
genus Acropora. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
B, 266, 179–183.
Van Oppen, M. J. H., Willis, B. L., van Vugt, H., and Miller, D.,
2000. Examination of species boundaries in the Acropora
cervicornis group (Scleractinia, Cnidaria) using nuclear DNA
sequence analyses. Molecular Ecology, 9, 1363–1373.
Van Oppen, M., Mc Donald, B., Willis, B., and Miller, D., 2001. The
evolutionary history of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia,
Cnidaria) based on a mitochondrial and a nuclear marker: reticulation, incomplete lineage sorting, or morphological convergence? Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18, 1315–1329.
Van Oppen, M. J. H., Willis, B. L., van Rheede, T., and Miller, D.,
2002. Spawning times, reproductive compatibilities and
genetic structuring in the Acropora aspera group: evidence for
natural hybridization and semi-permiable boundaries in corals.
Molecular Ecology, 11, 1363–1376.
Veron, J. E. N., and Wallace, C. C., 1984. Scleractinia of Eastern
Australia. Part V. Family Acroporidae. Townsville: Australian
Institute of Marine Science.
Vollmer, S. V., and Palumbi, S. R., 2002. Hybridization and the evolution of reef coral diversity. Science, 296, 2023–2025.
Wallace, C. C., 1999. Staghorn Corals of the World: A Revision of
the Coral Genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina;
Acroporidae) Worldwide, with Emphasis on Morphology, Phylogeny and Biogeography. Melbourne: CSIRO.
Wallace, C. C., 2001. Wallace’s line and marine organisms: the
distribution of staghorn corals (Acropora) in Indonesia.
In Metcalf, I. (ed.), Faunal and Floral Migrations and Evolution
in SE Asia–Australasia. Rotterdam: Balkema, pp. 168–178.
Wallace, C. C., 2008. New species and records from the Eocene of
England and France for the reef-building coral genus Acropora
(Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae). Journal of Paleontology, 82, 313–328.
Wallace, C. C., and Rosen, B. R. R., 2006. Diverse staghorn corals
(Acropora) in high-latitude Eocene assemblages: implications
for the evolution of modern diversity patterns of reef corals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 273, 975–982.
Wallace, C. C., and Zahir, H., 2007. The “Xarifa” expedition and the
atolls of the Maldives, 50 years on. Coral Reefs, 26, 3–5.
Wallace, C. C., Richards, Z., and Suharsono, 2001. Regional distribution patterns of Acropora and their use in the conservation of
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ACROPORA
2004. A comparison of the 1998 and 2002 coral bleaching events
on the Great Barrier Reef: spatial correlation, patterns, and predictions. Coral Reefs, 23, 74–83.
Boschma, H., 1961. Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa,
Madreporaria): proposed validation under the plenary powers.
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 20, 319–330.
Brown, B. E., 1997. Coral bleaching: causes and consequences
Coral Reefs 16, S129–S138.
Bythell, J. C., Gladfelter, E., and Bythell, M., 1993. Chronic and
catastrophic natural mortality of three common Caribbean
corals. Coral Reefs, 12, 143–152.
Chen, C. A., Wallace, C. C., and Wolstenholme, J., 2002. Analysis
of mitochondrial 12S RNA gene supports the two-clade hypothesis of evolutionary history of scleractinian corals. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution, 23, 137–149.
Chen, I.-P., Tang, C.-Y., Chiou C.-Y., Hsu, J.-H., Wei, N. V.,
Wallace, C. C., Muir, P., Wu, H., and Chen, C. A., 2009. Comparative analyses of coding and noncoding DNA regions indicate that Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractina) possesses a similar
evolutionary tempo of nuclear vs. mitochondrial genomes as in
plants. Marine Biotechnology, 11, 141–152.
China, W. E., 1983. Opinion 674: Acropora Oken, 1815 (Anthozoa,
Madreporaria): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of
Zoological Nomenclature, 18, 334–335.
Connell, J. J., Hughes, T. P., Wallace, C. C., Tanner, J. E.,
Harms, K. E., and Kerr, A. M., 2004. A long-term study of competition and diversity of corals. Ecological Monographs, 74,
179–210.
Done, T. J., 1999. Coral community adaptability to environmental
change at the scales of regions, reefs and reef zones. American
Zoologist, 39, 66–79.
Done, T., Turak, E., Wakefield, M., DeVantier, L., McDonald, A.,
and Fisk, D., 2007. Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef: loss of resilience or too soon to tell?
Coral Reefs, 26, 789–815.
Fabricius, K. E., 2005. Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of
corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis. Marine Pollution
Bulletin, 50, 125–146.
Fabricius, K., and Wolanski, E., 2000. Rapid smothering of coral
reef organisms by muddy marine snow. Estuarine, Coastal and
Shelf Science, 50, 115–120.
Gladfelter, E. 2008. Coral skeletons: from calcium carbonate to
intricate architecture. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium,
Abstracts, p. 15.
Hellberg, M. E., 2006. No variation and low substitution rates in
coral mtDNA despite high nuclear variation. BMC Evolutionary
Biology, 6, 24.
le Goff-Vitry, M. C., Rogers, A. D., and Baglow, D., 2004. A deepsea slant on the molecular phylogeny of the Scleractinia. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution, 30, 167–177.
Linneaus, 1758. Systema Naturae (edition 10) 1, 1–824 Laurentii
Salvii, Holmiae.
Marshall, P. A., and Baird, A. H., 2006. Bleaching of corals on the
Great Barrier Reef: differential susceptibilities among taxa.
Coral Reefs, 19, 155–163.
McClanahan, T. R., Buddemeir, R. W., Hoeegh-Guildberg, O.,
and Sammarco, P., 2008. Projecting the current trajectory
of coral reefs. In Polunin, N. V. C., (ed.), Aquatic
Ecosystems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.
242–260.
Munday, P. L., 2002. Does habitat availability determine geographicalscale abundance of coral-dwelling fishes? Coral Reefs, 21,
105–116.
Nothdurft, L. D., and Webb, G. E., 2007. Microstructure of common
reef-building coral genera Acropora, Pocillopora, Goniastrea
and Porites: constraints on spatial resolution in geochemical
sampling. Facies, 53, 1–26.
Oken, L., 1815. Steinkorallen. Lehrbuch Naturgesch, 3, 59–74.
Richards, Z. T., van Oppen, M. J. H., Wallace, C. C., Willis, B. L.,
and Miller, D. J., 2008. Some rare Indo-Pacific coral species
are probable hybrids. PLoS ONE, 3(9), e3240. doi:10.1371/
journal.pone.0003240.
Roff, G., Dove, S. G., and Dunn, S. R., 2009. Mesenterial filaments
make a clean sweep of substrated for coral growth. Coral Reefs,
28, 70.
Romano, S. L., and Cairns, S. D., 2000. Molecular phylogenetic
hypotheses for the evolution of scleractinian corals. Bulletin of
Marine Science, 67, 1043–1068.
Roniewicz, E., 1996. The key role of skeletal microsctructure in recognizing high-rank scleractinian taxa in the stratographic record.
Palaeontological Society Papers, 1, 187–206.
Rosen, B. R., 1986. Modular growth and form of corals: a matter of
metamers? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of
London B, 313, 115–142.
Schuster, F., 2003. Oligocene and Miocene examples of Acroporadominated palaeoenvironments: Mesohellenic Basin (NW
Greece) and northern Gulf of Suez (Egypt). In Proceedings 9th
International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, Vol. 1,
pp. 199–203.
Van Oppen, M. J. H., Willis, B. L., and Miller, D. 1999. Atypically
low rate of cytochrome b evolution in the scleractinian coral
genus Acropora. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
B, 266, 179–183.
Van Oppen, M. J. H., Willis, B. L., van Vugt, H., and Miller, D.,
2000. Examination of species boundaries in the Acropora
cervicornis group (Scleractinia, Cnidaria) using nuclear DNA
sequence analyses. Molecular Ecology, 9, 1363–1373.
Van Oppen, M., Mc Donald, B., Willis, B., and Miller, D., 2001. The
evolutionary history of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia,
Cnidaria) based on a mitochondrial and a nuclear marker: reticulation, incomplete lineage sorting, or morphological convergence? Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18, 1315–1329.
Van Oppen, M. J. H., Willis, B. L., van Rheede, T., and Miller, D.,
2002. Spawning times, reproductive compatibilities and
genetic structuring in the Acropora aspera group: evidence for
natural hybridization and semi-permiable boundaries in corals.
Molecular Ecology, 11, 1363–1376.
Veron, J. E. N., and Wallace, C. C., 1984. Scleractinia of Eastern
Australia. Part V. Family Acroporidae. Townsville: Australian
Institute of Marine Science.
Vollmer, S. V., and Palumbi, S. R., 2002. Hybridization and the evolution of reef coral diversity. Science, 296, 2023–2025.
Wallace, C. C., 1999. Staghorn Corals of the World: A Revision of
the Coral Genus Acropora (Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina;
Acroporidae) Worldwide, with Emphasis on Morphology, Phylogeny and Biogeography. Melbourne: CSIRO.
Wallace, C. C., 2001. Wallace’s line and marine organisms: the
distribution of staghorn corals (Acropora) in Indonesia.
In Metcalf, I. (ed.), Faunal and Floral Migrations and Evolution
in SE Asia–Australasia. Rotterdam: Balkema, pp. 168–178.
Wallace, C. C., 2008. New species and records from the Eocene of
England and France for the reef-building coral genus Acropora
(Scleractinia; Astrocoeniina; Acroporidae). Journal of Paleontology, 82, 313–328.
Wallace, C. C., and Rosen, B. R. R., 2006. Diverse staghorn corals
(Acropora) in high-latitude Eocene assemblages: implications
for the evolution of modern diversity patterns of reef corals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 273, 975–982.
Wallace, C. C., and Zahir, H., 2007. The “Xarifa” expedition and the
atolls of the Maldives, 50 years on. Coral Reefs, 26, 3–5.
Wallace, C. C., Richards, Z., and Suharsono, 2001. Regional distribution patterns of Acropora and their use in the conservation of
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ACROPORA