The rapid deterioration of coral reefs worldwide has led to a growing interest in identifying
areas that can offer protection against adverse conditions including coral reef communities …

Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by various types of disturbances, and their recovery
is challenged by accelerating, human-induced environmental changes. Recurrent …

Coral reefs in shallow-water environments (< 30 m) are in decline due to local and global
anthropogenic stresses. This has led to renewed interest in the 'deep reef refugia'hypothesis …

The worldwide decline of coral reefs has renewed interest in coral communities at the edge
of environmental limits because they have the potential to serve as resilience hotspots and …

The decline of coral reefs has been broadly attributed to human stressors being too strong
and pervasive, whereas biological processes that may render coral reefs fragile have been …

Coral reefs are in a state of rapid global decline via environmental and climate change, and
efforts have intensified to identify or engineer coral populations with increased resilience …

The susceptibility of reef-building corals to climatic anomalies is well documented and a
cause of great concern for the future of coral reefs. Reef corals are normally considered to …

Background Globally, shallow-water coral reef biodiversity is at risk from a variety of threats,
some of which may attenuate with depth. Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), occurring …

Tropical reefs often undergo acute disturbances that result in landscape-scale loss of coral.
Due to increasing threats to coral reefs from climate change and anthropogenic …

Aim Connectivity is a key determinant of coral reef resilience. However, connectivity models
rarely account for deep or submerged reefs, despite their widespread occurrence in many …