The populations of Acropora palmata have decreased over the last four decades, and although there are several studies on their genetic diversity in Caribbean, no been published about reefs from southern Gulf Mexico. This research aimed to determine, using five microsatellite markers, variation three A. Mexican Atlantic located southwest Mexico, Campeche Bank, Caribbean. mean richness (Ng/N) stu...

The chevron butterflyfish Chaetodon trifascialis is an obligate corallivore found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. The typical northern extent of the distributional range of the chevron butterflyfish overlaps with the occurrence of one of its preferred corals Acropora cytherea on reefs of French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Here I document the occurrence of a single C. trifa...