Simple Summary Coral reefs are vital ecosystems with high biodiversity and ecological
services for coastal communities. Climate change is accelerating, with detrimental …

Large benthic Foraminifera (LBF) are major carbonate producers on coral reefs, and are
hosts to a diverse symbiotic microbial community. During warm episodes in the geological …

The aquarium trade and other wildlife consumers are at a crossroads forced by threats from
global climate change and other anthropogenic stressors that have weakened coastal …

Coral cover on reefs is declining globally due to coastal development, overfishing and
climate change. Reefs isolated from direct human influence can recover from natural acute …

Sulawesi, the largest island in the Indonesian biodiversity hotspot region Wallacea, hosts a
diverse endemic fauna whose origin has been debated for more than 150 years. We use a …

For most marine organisms, species richness peaks in the Central Indo-Pacific region and
declines longitudinally, a striking pattern that remains poorly understood. Here, we used …

Background Morphological data suggest that, unlike most other groups of marine organisms,
scleractinian corals of the genus Stylophora are more diverse in the western Indian Ocean …

The evolution of symbiotic relationships involving reef corals has had much impact on
tropical marine biodiversity. Because of their endosymbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) corals …

Abstract The Coral Triangle (CT) region of the Indo-Pacific realm harbors an extraordinary
number of species, with richness decreasing away from this biodiversity hotspot. Despite …

Studying the gut microbes of marine fishes is an important part of conservation as many fish
species are increasingly threatened by extinction. The gut microbiota of only a small fraction …