Coral reefs are biodiverse and productive ecosystems but are threatened by local and
global stresses. The resulting loss of coral reefs is threatening coastal food and livelihoods …

Highlights•Coral reef habitats are in decline, with reductions in coral cover and
structure.•Most fishes (regardless of their size) are less abundant on degraded reefs.•Highly …

With the ongoing loss of coral cover and the associated flattening of reef architecture,
understanding the links between coral habitat and reef fishes is of critical importance. Here …

Experiments have shown that ocean acidification due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide
concentrations has deleterious effects on the performance of many marine organisms …

Coral reefs face a diverse array of threats, from eutrophication and overfishing to climate
change. As live corals are lost and their skeletons eroded, the structural complexity of reefs …

Coral community composition varies considerably due to both environmental conditions and
disturbance histories. However, the extent to which coral composition influences associated …

The ecologically and socio-economically important marine ecosystems of Europe are facing
severe threats from a variety of human impacts. To mitigate and potentially reverse some of …

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the persistence of coral reefs. Sustained and
ongoing increases in ocean temperatures and acidification are altering the structure and …

Functional redundancy contributes to resilience if different species in the same functional
group respond to disturbance in different ways (response diversity). If species in a functional …

Spatial marine closures are widely employed and advocated for marine resource
management and conservation. Temporal, non-permanent, rotational or periodically …