Given predicted increases in urbanization in tropical and subtropical regions, understanding
the processes shaping urban coral reefs may be essential for anticipating future …

BACKGROUND Ocean defaunation and loss of marine ecosystem services present an
urgent need to recover degraded ocean ecosystems. Growing scientific awareness, strong …

Climate change threatens coral reefs across the world. Intense bleaching has caused
dramatic coral mortality in many tropical regions in recent decades, but less obvious chronic …

The Hawaiian Archipelago experienced a moderate bleaching event in 2019—the third
major bleaching event over a 6-year period to impact the islands. In response, the Hawai 'i …

Management of coral predators, corallivores, is recommended to improve coral cover on
tropical coral reefs under projected increasing levels of accumulated thermal stress, but …

Predicting the bleaching responses of corals is crucial in light of frequent heat stress events
to manage further losses of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, especially for reefs …

Urban coral reefs are regarded as marginal communities that live under localized conditions
considered detrimental for coral survival, such as high sediment load. They are also …

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 removal of macroalgal biomass is critical to the health of coral reef ecosystems.
Previous studies on relatively intact reefs with diverse and abundant fish communities have …

Marine heatwaves and regional coral bleaching events have become more frequent and
severe across the world's oceans over the last several decades due to global climate …