Gulf and Caribbean Research Volume 31 Issue 1 2020 First Records for Spawning of Caribbean Acropora Species in Colombian MPAs David M. Hudson The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, [email protected] Barrett L. Christie The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, [email protected] Luis A. Gómez-Lemos Universidad del Magdalena, [email protected] Camilo Valcarcel Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, [email protected] See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr Part of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Other Animal Sciences Commons, and the Zoology Commons Recommended Citation Hudson, D. M., B. L. Christie, L. A. Gómez-Lemos, C. Valcarcel, D. Duque, J. C. Zárate Arévalo, J. Rojas, O. Reyes, M. Marrugo, M. Rosa, I. A. Caicedo Torrado, D. Tarazona and C. Zuluaga. 2020. First Records for Spawning of Caribbean Acropora Species in Colombian MPAs. Gulf and Caribbean Research 31 (1): SC18-SC24. Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol31/iss1/10 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.3101.10 This Short Communication is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Gulf and Caribbean Research by an authorized editor of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. First Records for Spawning of Caribbean Acropora Species in Colombian MPAs Authors David M. Hudson, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk; Barrett L. Christie, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk; Luis A. Gómez-Lemos, Universidad del Magdalena; Camilo Valcarcel, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia; Diego Duque, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia; Juan C. Zárate Arévalo, Oceanario Islas del Rosario, Centro de Investigación, Educación, y Recreación (CEINER); Jaime Rojas, Oceanario Islas del Rosario, Centro de Investigación, Educación, y Recreación (CEINER); Otto Reyes, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia; Milena Marrugo, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia; Maria Rosa, Connecticut College; Israel A. Caicedo Torrado, Universidad del Magdalena; Diana Tarazona, Acuario del Rodadero; and Carlos Zuluaga, Acuario del Rodadero This short communication is available in Gulf and Caribbean Research: https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol31/iss1/10 VOLUME 25 VOLUME GULF AND CARIBBEAN Volume 25 RESEARCH March 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS GULF AND CARIBBEAN SAND BOTTOM MICROALGAL PRODUCTION AND BENTHIC NUTRIENT FLUXES ON THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO NEARSHORE SHELF RESEARCH Jeffrey G. Allison, M. E. Wagner, M. McAllister, A. K. J. Ren, and R. A. 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Gaston .................................................................................................................................................131—135 FIRST RECORD OF A NURSE SHARK, GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM, WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND Jill M. Hendon, Eric R. Hoffmayer, and William B. Driggers III......................................................................................................137—139 REVIEWERS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................141 INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS ...............................................................................................................................................................142-143 Published by © 2013 The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Published by Research Laboratory. 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Water St., Norwalk, CT 06850 USA; 2University of Connecticut, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Storrs, CT 06269 USA; 3Southern Connecticut State University, Werth Center for Coastal and Marine Studies, New Haven, CT 06515 USA; 4Universidad del Magdalena, Carrera 32 #22—08, Santa Marta, Colombia; 5Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Calle 4 No. 3—204— Bocagrande, Cartagena, Colombia; 6Oceanario Islas del Rosario, Centro de Investigación, Educación, y Recreación (CEINER), Cartagena, Colombia; 7Connecticut College, Biology Department, New London Hall, Rm 403, 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 USA; 8Acuario del Rodadero, Cra 1 No. 7—69 Ed. Fuentemar — El Rodadero, Santa Marta, Colombia; *Corresponding author, email: [email protected] KEY WORDS: Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata, sexual reproduction, endangered coral, coral restoration INTRODUCTION Coral percent cover throughout the Caribbean Sea has of square kilometers to map and patrol and few resources declined precipitously in the last few decades, to as little as for scientific and restoration efforts. Historically, govern- 10% of historical levels (Aronson and Precht 2001, Bruckner mental resources were directed towards other priorities, 2003, Gardner et al. 2003, Bruckner and Hill 2009, Bruck- to the detriment of MPAs. Diseases present in the greater ner 2012), with long—term shifts in composition observed Caribbean also ravaged South American reefs (Garzón—Fer- in many cases (de Bakker et al. 2016, 2017). The major reef reira et al. 2001, Gil—Agudelo et al. 2009, Sánchez et al. builders, Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis, experi- 2005, 2010, Navas—Camacho