Diseases are major drivers of the deterioration of coral reefs and are linked to major
declines in coral abundance, reef functionality, and reef-related ecosystems services. An …

Caribbean reef corals have experienced unprecedented declines from climate change,
anthropogenic stressors and infectious diseases in recent decades. Since 2014, a highly …

Linking marine epizootics to a specific aetiology is notoriously difficult. Recent diagnostic
successes show that marine disease diagnosis requires both modern, cutting-edge …

Species morpho-functional traits provide general and predictable rules to understand the
dynamics of ecological communities; therefore, considering species identity is crucial in …

Coral reefs worldwide are degrading due to climate change, overfishing, pollution, coastal
development, coral bleaching, and diseases. In areas where the natural recovery of an …

The ecology and structure of many tropical coral reefs have been markedly altered over the
past few decades. Although long‐term recovery has been observed in terms of coral cover, it …

Along the Florida reef tract, stony-coral-tissue-loss disease (SCTLD) has caused extensive
mortality of more than 20 scleractinian coral species. The pathogen is unknown, but its …

Virtual reality (VR) is a frequently emphasized issue on the Digital Earth (DE) agenda. While
current DE research is more engaged in the technical aspects of VR applications, this paper …

Over the last four decades the Mexican Caribbean has experienced intensive coastal
development, and change on the reef system condition has already been observed. This …

Coral reefs in the wider Caribbean declined in hard coral cover by~ 80% since the 1970s,
but spatiotemporal analyses for sub-regions are lacking. Here, we explored benthic change …