Zoanthus and Palythoa are benthic colonial zooxanthellate cnidarians common in shallow
hard substrate marine ecosystems in subtropical and tropical regions, where they are an …

Despite the global focus on the occurrence of regime shifts on shallow-water tropical coral
reefs over the last two decades, most of this research continues to focus on changes to algal …

Caribbean coral reefs are in decline and the deployment of artificial reefs, structures on the
sea bottom that mimic one or more characteristics of a natural reef, is increasingly often …

Predation is a key ecological process regulating the structure and diversity of biological
communities, yet predators do not exist homogeneously in nature. Coral reefs possess …

Since the appearance of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) on reefs off Miami in 2014,
this unprecedented outbreak has spread across the entirety of Florida's coral reef tract, as …

Little is known about early coral settlement on shipwrecks with regard to their species and
size compositions. Hurricanes in the Caribbean have a long history of sinking ships but a …

Soft corals (Octocorallia) are major and conspicuous benthic components of coral reefs in
the Indo-Pacific region. However, despite their major ecological roles, they are still generally …

The prevalence of coral bleaching due to thermal stress has been increasing on coral reefs
worldwide. While many studies have documented how corals respond to warming, fewer …

Abstract The reefs at Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific, have been
undergoing a phase shift from scleractinian corals to a corallimorph-dominated benthos. It …

Ocean acidification (OA) threatens the persistence of reef-building corals and the habitat
they provide. While species-specific effects of OA on marine organisms could have …