Coral reef ecosystems thrive in tropical oligotrophic oceans because of the relationship
between corals and endosymbiotic dinoflagellate algae called Symbiodinium …

A limited diversity of character states for reproductive traits and a robust phylogeny make
scleractinian corals an ideal model organism with which to explore the evolution of life …

Sexual reproduction by scleractinian reef corals is important for maintaining coral
populations and evolutionary processes. The ongoing global renaissance in coral …

Elevated temperatures resulting from climate change pose a clear threat to reef‐building
corals; however, the traits that might influence corals' survival and dispersal during climate …

Understanding the potential for coral adaptation to warming seas is complicated by
interactions between symbiotic partners that define stress responses and the difficulties of …

Dredging, river plumes and natural resuspension events can release sediments into the
water column where they exert a range of effects on underlying communities. In this review …

Mass coral bleaching due to thermal stress represents a major threat to the integrity and
functioning of coral reefs. Thermal thresholds vary, however, between corals, partly as a …

The persistence of populations of marine organisms depends on the success of the dual
processes of reproduction and recruitment. The production of offspring alone is …

The life-cycle of reef-building corals, as is true for many benthic marine invertebrates,
includes a planktonic larval phase that is critical to the maintenance of adult populations …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are increasingly appreciated as down-stream effectors of
cellular damage and dysfunction under natural and anthropogenic stress scenarios in …