Extreme concentration of marine biodiversity and exploitation of marine resources in the
Coral Triangle pose challenges to biogeographers and resource managers. Comparative …

To protect natural coral reefs, it is of utmost importance to understand how the growth of the
main reef-building organisms—the zooxanthellate scleractinian corals—is controlled …

The taxonomy of scleractinian corals has traditionally been established based on
morphology at the “macro” scale since the time of Carl Linnaeus. Taxa described using …

Abstract Background The Coral Triangle (CT), bounded by the Philippines, the Malay
Peninsula, and New Guinea, is the epicenter of marine biodiversity. Hypotheses that explain …

Trade in ornamental coral reef wildlife supports a multi-million dollar industry but in some
places threatens vulnerable coral reef species and ecosystems due to unsustainable …

Abstract Even though the Indo‐Malay Archipelago hosts the world's greatest diversity of
marine species, studies on the genetic population structure and gene flow of marine …

Background Molecular phylogenetic studies on scleractinian corals have shown that most
taxa are not reflective of their evolutionary histories. Based principally on gross morphology …

Abstract The tropical Indo-West Pacific is the biogeographic region with the highest diversity
of marine shallow water species, with its centre in the Indo-Malay Archipelago. However …

Aim The dispersal and distribution patterns of many marine organisms are driven by
oceanographic conditions, which are influenced by global climate. Climate‐driven …

The distribution patterns of 37 mushroom coral species (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) were
studied on 13 reefs in the Spermonde Archipelago (Makassar Strait, Indonesia) in 1984 …