Global climate change and localized anthropogenic stressors are driving rapid declines in
coral reef health. In vitro experiments have been fundamental in providing insight into how …

The dual character of corals, that they are both auto‐and heterotrophs, was recognized early
in the twentieth Century. It is generally accepted that the symbiotic association between …

Ocean warming increases the incidence of coral bleaching, which reduces or eliminates the
nutrition corals receive from their algal symbionts, often resulting in widespread mortality. In …

We report for the first time the ingestion of microplastics by scleractinian corals, and the
presence of microplastics in coral reef waters adjacent to inshore reefs on Australia's Great …

Mass coral bleaching events caused by elevated seawater temperatures, have resulted in
extensive coral mortality throughout the tropics over the past few decades,. With continued …

Scleractinian (hard) corals are fundamental to the geomorphology, biodiversity, and
structure of coral reef ecosystems (Goreau 1963, Hoegh-Guldberg 2004, Pratchett et al …

Coral reefs are increasingly affected by the consequences of global change such as
increasing temperatures or pollution. Lately, microplastics (ie, fragments< 5 mm) have been …

The attenuation of light with increasing depth, along with reduced exposure to wave stress,
plays an important role in vertically structuring coral reef communities. Benthic …

Summary 1 Coral bleaching events, predicted to increase in frequency and severity as a
result of climate change, are a threat to tropical coral‐reef ecosystems worldwide. Although …

Global climate change threatens coral growth and reef ecosystem health via ocean warming
and ocean acidification (OA). Whereas the negative impacts of these stressors are …