Understanding how diversity evolves and is maintained is critical to predicting the future
trajectories of ecosystems under climate change; however, our understanding of these …

Coral poleward range expansions have recently been observed in response to warming
oceans. Range expansion can lead to reduced genetic diversity and increased frequency of …

Abstract Sesoko Station, Okinawa, has been the site of many significant advances in coral
reproductive research and it continues to be a preferred destination for both Japanese and …

While the escalating impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic pressures on coral
reefs are well documented at the coral community level, studies of species-specific trends …

Observation of coral spawning times is valuable to detect spawning patterns and identify the
potential mechanisms behind coral reproduction. Although large amount of data on global …

Reef-building corals provide the structural basis for one of Earth's most spectacular and
diverse but increasingly threatened ecosystems. The reef-building coral genus Acropora …

Many species of Acropora corals spawn simultaneously around the full moon in early
summer (May to June in Japan). Nonetheless, there are some species that delay from this …

Acropora is a species-rich genus of reef-building corals with highly diverse morphologies.
Hybridization among intercrossing species potentially influences species diversity within …

About 80 species of Acropora corals have been recorded in Japan to date. However, there
are few information on its diversity in Amami-Oshima Island, which is located in the northern …

Marine organisms occupy environments spanning wide distributions of conditions across
large (eg., latitudinal gradients) and small (eg., different depths) scales. Populations that …