Current policy and management for marine water quality in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in
north-eastern Australia primarily focusses on sediment, nutrients and pesticides derived …

The negative effects of chemical contaminants on tropical marine ecosystems are of
increasing concern as human populations expand adjacent to these communities …

History shows that Caribbean coastal ecosystems were severely degraded long before
ecologists began to study them. Large vertebrates such as the green turtle, hawksbill turtle …

Coral reefs are subject to a high frequency of recurrent biological and physical disturbances.
The temporal and spatial scales of these are often large and difficult to study, so that most of …

This study is the first global assessment of coral reefs to map areas at risk from overfishing,
coastal development, and other human activity. The study finds that nearly 60 percent of the …

Coral mortality has increased in recent decades, making coral recruitment more important
than ever in sustaining coral reef ecosystems and contributing to their resilience. This review …

Massive coral growth rates may be poor indicators of coral reef health where coral reefs are
subject to combined eutrophication and sedimentation. Massive coral growth (vertical …

This paper presents initial results from a study of factors that inhibit or enhance hard coral
recovery in rubble fields created by blast fishing in Komodo National Park and Bunaken …

Despite a global political commitment to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 through the 2002
Convention on Biological Diversity, declines are accelerating and threats are increasing …

Coral reefs are exposed to many anthropogenic stresses increasing in impact and range,
both on local and regional scales. The main ones discussed here are nutrient enrichment …