Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent
bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages. We analyzed …

Coral-associated bacteria play an increasingly recognized part in coral health. We
investigated the effect of local anthropogenic impacts on coral microbial communities on …

The stability and persistence of coral reefs in the decades to come is uncertain due to global
warming and repeated bleaching events that will lead to reduced resilience of these …

Abstract The Red Sea is a unique body of water, hosting some of the most productive and
diverse coral reefs. Human populations along coasts of the Red Sea were initially sparse …

Intensive recreational SCUBA diving threatens coral reef ecosystems. The reefs at Dahab,
South Sinai, Egypt, are among the world's most dived (> 30,000 divesy− 1). We compared …

Bioeroding sponges play a central role in carbonate cycling on corals reefs. They may
respond differently to habitat deterioration than many other benthic invertebrates, because at …

Shallow reefs (reef flats< 1.5 m) in the northern Red Sea are impacted by growing tourism
that includes swimmers, snorkellers and reef walkers but have largely been neglected in …

Six percent of the world's coral reefs occur around the Arabian Peninsula, providing a
valuable ecological, economic and scientific resource for the nations bordering its shores …

Recent reports of warming trends in the Red Sea raise concerns about the response of the
basin's fragile ecosystem under an increasingly warming climate. Using a variety of …

Ocean warming is leading to more frequent coral bleaching events. However, cold stress
can also induce bleaching in corals. Here, we report observations of a boreal winter …