Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats
from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the …

Microplastics (MPs) are one of the leading pollutants on the earth's surface and are found
almost everywhere, including in aquatic environments. Microplastic pollution (MPP) on the …

Health and resilience of the coral holobiont depend on diverse bacterial communities often
dominated by key marine symbionts of the Endozoicomonadaceae family. The factors …

Telomeres are environment-sensitive regulators of health and aging. Here, we present
telomere DNA length analysis of two reef-building coral genera revealing that the long-and …

Microbial diversity has been extensively explored in reef-building corals. However, the
functional roles of coral-associated microorganisms remain poorly elucidated. Here, we …

The Tara Pacific program and expedition focused on coral reefs across the Pacific Ocean
and used a coordinated sampling effort to address questions at multiple scales using a …

Apicomplexans are obligate intracellular parasites that have evolved from a free-living,
phototrophic ancestor. They have been reported from marine environmental samples in high …

Marine bacterioplankton underpin the health and function of coral reefs and respond in a
rapid and sensitive manner to environmental changes that affect reef ecosystem stability …

Coral reefs are severely threatened by global and local environmental changes. However,
susceptibility to perturbations and subsequent mortality varies among coral species. In this …

Background Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse and productive ecosystems,
providing habitat for a vast of species. Reef-building scleractinian corals with a symbiotic …