Here, we examined the coral bleaching responses during the 2016 thermal stress event and
post-bleaching changes in coral communities in the heavily disturbed reefs of the Bolinao …

The highest diversity coral reefs in the world, located in the Coral Triangle, are threatened by
a variety of local stresses including pollution, overfishing, and destructive fishing in addition …

Widespread coral reef decline has included the decline of reef fish populations, and the
subsistence and artisanal fisheries that depend on them. Overfishing and destructive fishing …

Background Local management action to address coral-reef stressors can improve reef
health and mitigate the effects of global climate change. Coastal development and runoff …

Anthropogenic 236U (t½= 23.4 My) is an emerging isotopic ocean tracer with interesting
oceanographic properties, but only with recent advances in accelerator mass spectrometry …

Bayesian belief networks are finding increasing application in adaptive ecosystem
management where data are limited and uncertainty is high. The combined effect of multiple …

Coastal systems are increasingly threatened by multiple local anthropogenic and global
climatic stressors. With the difficulties in remediating global stressors, management requires …

Environmental stressors are adversely affecting coral reef ecosystems. There is ample
evidence that scleractinian coral growth and physiology may be compromised by reduced …

The tropical ocean environment is changing at an unprecedented rate, with warming and
severe tropical cyclones creating obvious impacts to coral reefs within the last few decades …

Calcification rates are reported for 41 long-lived Porites corals from 7 reefs, in an inshore to
offshore transect across the central Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Over multi-decadal …