Scleractinian corals and their symbiotic dinoflagellate algae build massive, wave-resistant
coral reefs that are pre-eminent in shallow tropical seas. This mutualism is especially …

The tropical eastern Pacific region has historically been characterized as devoid of coral
reefs. The physical conditions of the region are apparently not conducive to reef growth: low …

Since the early 1980s, episodes of coral reef bleaching and mortality, due primarily to
climate-induced ocean warming, have occurred almost annually in one or more of the …

Coral reef bleaching, the whitening of diverse invertebrate taxa, results from the loss of
symbiotic zooxanthellae and/or a reduction in photosynthetic pigment concentrations in …

High temperature tolerance experiments performed on Pocillopora damicornis, a major reef-
building coral in the tropical eastern Pacific, resulted in loss of zooxanthellae …

Loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae, or “bleaching” is one of the first visible signs of thermal
stress. Critical threshold temperatures for coral bleaching vary geographically, but can be …

Elevated temperature (28-34 degrees C) has been hypothesized as the primary cause of the
loss of algal endosymbionts in coral reef-associated invertebrates, a phenomenon observed …

The purpose of this book is to provide an organized compilation of information and
techniques for all aspects of the biology and management of the Acanthaster planci species …

As coastal populations burgeon, problems of erosion, pollution and coastal change are
becoming ever more serious and necessitate scientifically informed management strategies …

Extensive coral bleaching occurred during sea-water warming (as a result of the 1982/3 El
Niño Southern Oscillation event) in 1983 on the shallow reefs in the Java Sea. Mean …