Deep‐sea stony corals, which can be fragile, long‐lived, late to mature and habitat‐forming,
are defined as vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator taxa. Under United Nations …

Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by a variety of pressures, and climate change models
predict increasing levels of chronic stress as well as acute disturbances for most reefs. In …

Genetic data were used as an indirect means of assessing connectivity among deep‐sea
coral populations on seamounts and slopes in the Australian and New Zealand region. We …

Management strategies designed to conserve coral reefs threatened by climate change
need to incorporate knowledge of the spatial distribution of inter‐and intra‐specific genetic …

Deep-sea corals are diverse and abundant in New Zealand's EEZ and the southwest Pacific
Ocean. We assessed genetic diversity and gene flow of the deep-sea scleractinian (stony …

The incredible range of morphological plasticity present in scleractinian corals has confused
the taxonomy of the group, prompting the introduction of “ecomorphs” to explain the …

Coral reefs are increasingly threatened worldwide by a variety of biological and physical
factors, including disease, bleaching and ocean acidification. Understanding levels of …

Understanding the evolutionary processes that have shaped existing patterns of genetic
diversity of reef‐building corals over broad scales is required to inform long‐term …

Connectivity is an important component of metapopulation dynamics in marine systems and
can influence population persistence, migration rates and conservation decisions …

Whereas terrestrial animal populations might show genetic connectivity within a continent,
marine species, such as hermatypic corals, may have connectivity stretching to all corners of …