A new glycoside, cervicoside, was isolated from the soft coral Sinularia cervicornis Tix Dur ., collected from the bay of Sanya, Hainan Island. Its chemical structure was determined by spectroscopic methods as hexadec...A new glycoside, cervicoside, was isolated from the soft coral Sinularia cervicornis Tix Dur ., collected from the bay of Sanya, Hainan Island. Its chemical structure was determined by spectroscopic methods as hexadecanyl 1 O β D arabinopyranosyloxy (1→4) [ β D arabinopyranosyloxy(1→4)] β D arabinopyranoside. Cervicoside(1) exhibited cytotoxicity against human SKMG 4, Hep G2 and CNE2 cell in vitro.展开更多
Coral reefs have largely declined across multiple spatial scales due to a combination of local-scale anthropogenic impacts, and due to regional-global climate change. This has resulted in a significant loss of entire ...Coral reefs have largely declined across multiple spatial scales due to a combination of local-scale anthropogenic impacts, and due to regional-global climate change. This has resulted in a significant loss of entire coral functional groups, including western Atlantic Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) biotopes, and in a net decline of coral reef ecosystem resilience, ecological functions, services and benefits. Low-tech coral farming has become one of the most important tools to help restore depleted coral reefs across the Wider Caribbean Region. We tested a community-based, low-tech coral farming approach in Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, aimed at adapting to climate change-related impacts through a two-year project to propagate A. cervicornis under two contrasting fishing management conditions, in coastal areas experimenting significant land use changes. Extreme rainfall events and recurrent tropical storms and hurricanes had major site-and method-specific impacts on project outcome, particularly in areas adjacent to deforested lands and subjected to recurrent impacts from land-based source pollution (LBSP) and runoff. Overall, coral survival rate in “A frame” units improved from 73% during 2011-2012 to 81% during 2012-2013. Coral survival rate improved to 97% in horizontal line nurseries (HLN) incorporated during 2012-2013. Percent tissue cover ranged from 86% to 91% in “A frames”, but reached 98% in HLN. Mean coral skeletal extension was 27 cm/y in “A frames” and 40 cm/y in HLN. These growth rates were up to 545% to 857% faster than previous reports from coral farms from other parts of the Caribbean, and up to 438% faster than wild colonies. Branch production and branchiness index (no. harvestable branches > 6 cm) increased by several orders of magnitude in comparison to the original colonies at the beginning of the project. Coral mortality was associated to hurricane physical impacts and sediment-laden runoff impacts associated to extreme rainfall and deforestation of adjacent lands. This raise展开更多
文摘A new glycoside, cervicoside, was isolated from the soft coral Sinularia cervicornis Tix Dur ., collected from the bay of Sanya, Hainan Island. Its chemical structure was determined by spectroscopic methods as hexadecanyl 1 O β D arabinopyranosyloxy (1→4) [ β D arabinopyranosyloxy(1→4)] β D arabinopyranoside. Cervicoside(1) exhibited cytotoxicity against human SKMG 4, Hep G2 and CNE2 cell in vitro.
基金funding provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)Restoration Center and The Nature Conservancy to Sociedad Ambiente Marino(MAR-SAM-110110)the National Science Foundation(HRD#0734826)through the Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation(CATEC),and the University of Puerto Rico’s Central Administration to E.A.Hernández-Delgado.
文摘Coral reefs have largely declined across multiple spatial scales due to a combination of local-scale anthropogenic impacts, and due to regional-global climate change. This has resulted in a significant loss of entire coral functional groups, including western Atlantic Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) biotopes, and in a net decline of coral reef ecosystem resilience, ecological functions, services and benefits. Low-tech coral farming has become one of the most important tools to help restore depleted coral reefs across the Wider Caribbean Region. We tested a community-based, low-tech coral farming approach in Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, aimed at adapting to climate change-related impacts through a two-year project to propagate A. cervicornis under two contrasting fishing management conditions, in coastal areas experimenting significant land use changes. Extreme rainfall events and recurrent tropical storms and hurricanes had major site-and method-specific impacts on project outcome, particularly in areas adjacent to deforested lands and subjected to recurrent impacts from land-based source pollution (LBSP) and runoff. Overall, coral survival rate in “A frame” units improved from 73% during 2011-2012 to 81% during 2012-2013. Coral survival rate improved to 97% in horizontal line nurseries (HLN) incorporated during 2012-2013. Percent tissue cover ranged from 86% to 91% in “A frames”, but reached 98% in HLN. Mean coral skeletal extension was 27 cm/y in “A frames” and 40 cm/y in HLN. These growth rates were up to 545% to 857% faster than previous reports from coral farms from other parts of the Caribbean, and up to 438% faster than wild colonies. Branch production and branchiness index (no. harvestable branches > 6 cm) increased by several orders of magnitude in comparison to the original colonies at the beginning of the project. Coral mortality was associated to hurricane physical impacts and sediment-laden runoff impacts associated to extreme rainfall and deforestation of adjacent lands. This raise
