Coral reefs are the most diverse habitat per unit area in the world's oceans, supporting an
estimated 1–3 million species in only 0.2% of its area. These ecosystems have suffered …

Coral reefs in southeast Florida have experienced severe losses in coral cover and diversity
in recent decades, primarily due to disease outbreaks and bleaching events exacerbated by …

Corals harbor a complex suite of beneficial microbial symbionts. Shuffling the composition of
these symbionts could, in theory, help the host withstand rapidly emerging or geographically …

Despite general declines in coral reef ecosystems in the tropical western Atlantic, some
reefs, including mesophotic reefs (30–150 m), are hypothesized to function as coral refugia …

Anthropogenic effects have contributed to substantial declines in coral reefs worldwide.
However, some corals are more resilient to environmental changes and have increased in …

Marine larval dispersal is strongly influenced by ocean currents, but larvae themselves
possess traits and behaviors that can curtail or augment dispersal, and affect their …

Biodiversity on coral reefs depends not only on primary reef-builders, but also on associated
taxa that create microhabitats for other species. Hydrocorals of the genus Stylaster …

Coral exhibits substantial variation in pelagic larval duration, dispersal range, and
population connectivity. In this study, we used reduced representation genotyping to …

Largely understudied, mesophotic coral ecosystems lie below shallow reefs (at> 30 m
depth) and comprise ecologically distinct communities. Brooding reproductive modes …

Estimating the heritable genetic variation in fitness-related traits is key to projecting the
adaptive evolution of organisms in response to a changing environment. While heritability …