Thirty years of research on crown-of-thorns starfish (1986–2016): scientific advances and emerging opportunities

MS Pratchett, CF Caballes, JC Wilmes, S Matthews… - Diversity, 2017 - mdpi.com
Research on the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) has waxed and waned over
the last few decades, mostly in response to population outbreaks at specific locations. This …

Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

CT Perry, L Alvarez-Filip, NAJ Graham, PJ Mumby… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Sea-level rise (SLR) is predicted to elevate water depths above coral reefs and to increase
coastal wave exposure as ecological degradation limits vertical reef growth, but projections …

Important ecosystem function, low redundancy and high vulnerability: The trifecta argument for protecting the Great Barrier Reef's tabular Acropora

JC Ortiz, RJ Pears, R Beeden, J Dryden… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying organisms that play an important role in maintaining ecosystem function is a key
aspect of resilience‐based management. For Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR), we found …

[HTML][HTML] Bleaching drives collapse in reef carbonate budgets and reef growth potential on southern Maldives reefs

CT Perry, KM Morgan - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Sea-surface temperature (SST) warming events, which are projected to increase in
frequency and intensity with climate change, represent major threats to coral reefs. How …

Coral reef resilience to thermal stress in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

M Romero‐Torres, A Acosta… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by thermal stress caused by climate change.
Especially devastating periods of coral loss frequently occur during El Niño‐Southern …

Multi-Temporal UAV Data and object-based image analysis (OBIA) for estimation of substrate changes in a post-bleaching scenario on a maldivian reef

L Fallati, L Saponari, A Savini, F Marchese, C Corselli… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coral reefs are declining worldwide as a result of the effects of multiple natural and
anthropogenic stressors, including regional-scale temperature-induced coral bleaching …

Heat‐induced shift in coral microbiome reveals several members of the Rhodobacteraceae family as indicator species for thermal stress in Porites lutea

W Pootakham, W Mhuantong, T Yoocha… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The coral holobiont is a complex ecosystem consisting of coral animals and a highly diverse
consortium of associated microorganisms including algae, fungi, and bacteria. Several …

Species identity and depth predict bleaching severity in reef-building corals: shall the deep inherit the reef?

PR Muir, PA Marshall, A Abdulla… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mass bleaching associated with unusually high sea temperatures represents one of the
greatest threats to corals and coral reef ecosystems. Deeper reef areas are hypothesized as …

Changes in the population and community structure of corals during recent disturbances (February 2016-October 2017) on Maldivian coral reefs

C Pisapia, D Burn, MS Pratchett - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Climate change is the greatest threat to coral reef ecosystems. In particular, increasing
ocean temperatures are causing severe and widespread coral bleaching, contributing to …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and biogeochemical responses of super-corals to thermal stress from the Northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

AG Grottoli, D Tchernov, G Winters - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Mass coral bleaching is increasing in frequency and severity, leading to the loss of coral
abundance and diversity. However, some corals are less susceptible to bleaching than …