Decadal demographic shifts and size-dependent disturbance responses of corals in a subtropical warming hotspot

B Sommer, JM Hodge, L Lachs, J Cant, JM Pandolfi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Long-term demographic studies at biogeographic transition zones can elucidate how body
size mediates disturbance responses. Focusing on subtropical reefs in eastern Australia, we …

Global impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal foundation species

KE Smith, M Aubin, MT Burrows… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
With increasingly intense marine heatwaves affecting nearshore regions, foundation species
are coming under increasing stress. To better understand their impacts, we examine …

Identification of coral disease within the high-latitude reef, Lord Howe Island Marine Park

T Moriarty, TD Ainsworth, W Leggat - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Coral disease prevalence has significantly increased under a changing climate, impacting
coral community structure and functionality. The impacts and ecology of coral diseases are …

Octocoral Symbiodiniaceae, but not bacterial communities, are resistant to compositional changes from heat stress on a subtropical reef

RK Steinberg, KA Dafforn, EL Johnston, T Ainsworth - 2023 - ecoevorxiv.org
Microbes are essential to the holobiome of all organisms, so when organisms are impacted
by environmental stressors the changes to microbial communities can inform on the health …

Recovery Status Review for 15 Species of Indo-Pacific Reef-building Corals Listed under the Endangered Species Act

LW Smith - 2024 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This Recovery Status Review (RSR) is intended to inform the development of a recovery
plan for the 15 Indo-Pacific reef-building coral species listed as threatened under the …

[PDF][PDF] The challenges and threats high island coral reef ecosystems face in the Anthropocene

T Moriarty - 2022 - nova.newcastle.edu.au
Coral reef restoration is becoming increasingly popular for coral reef managers to assist in
the rejuvenation of coral reefs on a local-scale, with the primary goals of coral restoration …