Marine foundation species are the biotic basis for many of the world's coastal ecosystems,
providing structural habitat, food, and protection for myriad plants and animals as well as …

Atoll islands are often perceived as inevitably lost due to rising sea levels. However, unlike
other islands, atoll islands are dynamic landforms that have evolved, at least historically, to …

Coral reef ecosystems are being fundamentally restructured by local human impacts and
climate-driven marine heatwaves that trigger mass coral bleaching and mortality. Reducing …

Climate change–amplified marine heatwaves can drive extensive mortality in foundation
species. However, a paucity of longitudinal genomic datasets has impeded understanding of …

Marine heatwaves (MHWs), increasing in duration and intensity because of climate change,
are now a major threat to marine life and can have lasting effects on the structure and …

The juveniles of predatory sea stars can remain in their recruitment–nursery habitat for some
time before their ontogenetic shift to the adult habitat and diet. These small juveniles are …

Understanding how diversity evolves and is maintained is critical to predicting the future
trajectories of ecosystems under climate change; however, our understanding of these …

The coral predators, crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS, Acanthaster spp.) remain a major
cause of extensive and widespread coral loss in Indo-Pacific coral reefs. With increased …

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 …

Coral reefs are under threat from cumulative impacts such as cyclones, crown-of-thorns
starfish (COTS) outbreaks and climate-driven coral bleaching events. Branching corals are …