Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef

MD Johnson, JJ Scott, M Leray, N Lucey… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Loss of oxygen in the global ocean is accelerating due to climate change and
eutrophication, but how acute deoxygenation events affect tropical marine ecosystems …

The gut microbiome variability of a butterflyfish increases on severely degraded Caribbean reefs

F Clever, JM Sourisse, RF Preziosi, JA Eisen… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Environmental degradation has the potential to alter key mutualisms that underlie the
structure and function of ecological communities. How microbial communities associated …

Environmental DNA survey captures patterns of fish and invertebrate diversity across a tropical seascape

BN Nguyen, EW Shen, J Seemann, AMS Correa… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Accurate, rapid, and comprehensive biodiversity assessments are critical for investigating
ecological processes and supporting conservation efforts. Environmental DNA (eDNA) …

Herbivore effects increase with latitude across the extent of a foundational seagrass

JE Campbell, O Kennedy Rhoades… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change is altering the functioning of foundational ecosystems. While the direct
effects of warming are expected to influence individual species, the indirect effects of …

Plastics in Porifera: The occurrence of potential microplastics in marine sponges and seawater from Bocas del Toro, Panamá

BR Fallon, CJ Freeman - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Microplastics (MP) are now considered ubiquitous across global aquatic environments. The
ingestion of MP by fish and other marine vertebrates is well studied, but the ingestion of MP …

Sediment addition drives declines in algal turf yield to herbivorous coral reef fishes: implications for reefs and reef fisheries

SB Tebbett, DR Bellwood, SW Purcell - Coral Reefs, 2018 - Springer
Coral reefs around the world are changing rapidly, with overfishing of herbivorous fishes
and increased sediment inputs being two of the major local-scale stressors. We therefore …

Impacts of microplastics on scleractinian corals nearshore Liuqiu Island southwestern Taiwan

YC Lim, CW Chen, YR Cheng, CF Chen… - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Seawater, sediments, and three genera of wild scleractinian corals were collected from four
coral reef areas nearshore Liuqiu Island, southwestern Taiwan. Abundance, characteristics …

A 3D perspective on sediment accumulation in algal turfs: Implications of coral reef flattening

SB Tebbett, RP Streit, DR Bellwood - Journal of Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, coral reefs are being transformed by a suite of stressors, the foremost being climate
change. Increasingly, it is expected that these reconfigured reef systems will emerge with …

Baseline distributions and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in reef-associated sediments of Vembar group of Islands, Gulf of Mannar, India

D Pradhap, KS Gandhi, S Krishnakumar… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study aims to investigate the source and concentration of PAH fractions in the reef
sediments of the Vembar group of Islands, Gulf of Mannar, India. The concentration of PAHs …

Millennial‐scale change in the structure of a Caribbean reef ecosystem and the role of human and natural disturbance

KL Cramer, A O'Dea, JS Leonard‐Pingel… - Ecography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Caribbean coral reefs have transformed into algal‐dominated habitats over the past half‐
century, but the role of specific anthropogenic drivers is unresolved due to the lack of …