Critical review and conceptual and quantitative models for the transfer and depuration of ciguatoxins in fishes

MJ Holmes, B Venables, RJ Lewis - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
We review and develop conceptual models for the bio-transfer of ciguatoxins in food chains
for Platypus Bay and the Great Barrier Reef on the east coast of Australia. Platypus Bay is …

Anthropogenic nitrogen pollution threats and challenges to the health of South Asian coral reefs

SC Painter, Y Artioli, FH Amir, J Arnull… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen pollution is a widespread and growing problem in the coastal waters of South Asia
yet the ecological impacts on the region's coral ecosystems are currently poorly known and …

Antifouling coatings can reduce algal growth while preserving coral settlement

LK Roepke, D Brefeld, U Soltmann, CJ Randall… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In the early stages after larval settlement, coral spat can be rapidly overgrown and
outcompeted by algae, reducing overall survival for coral reef replenishment and supply for …

Nutrient pollution alters the gut microbiome of a territorial reef fish

S Degregori, JM Casey, PH Barber - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Human-induced nutrient pollution threatens coral reefs worldwide. Although eutrophication
disrupts coral microbiomes, often leading to coral mortality, it is unknown whether …

Responses of the coral reef cryptobiome to environmental gradients in the Red Sea

R Villalobos, E Aylagas, JI Ellis, JK Pearman, H Anlauf… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
An essential component of the coral reef animal diversity is the species hidden in crevices
within the reef matrix, referred to as the cryptobiome. These organisms play an important …

The pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata shows high resistance to warming when nitrate concentrations are low

B Thobor, A Tilstra, DG Bourne, K Springer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The resistance of hard corals to warming can be negatively affected by nitrate
eutrophication, but related knowledge for soft corals is scarce. We thus investigated the …

The widely distributed soft coral Xenia umbellata exhibits high resistance against phosphate enrichment and temperature increase

SD Mezger, A Klinke, A Tilstra, YC El-Khaled… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Both global and local factors affect coral reefs worldwide, sometimes simultaneously. An
interplay of these factors can lead to phase shifts from hard coral dominance to algae or …

Unexpected role of communities colonizing dead coral substrate in the calcification of coral reefs

M Romanó de Orte, DA Koweek… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global and local anthropogenic stressors such as climate change, acidification, overfishing,
and pollution are expected to shift the benthic community composition of coral reefs from …

Catchment to sea connection: impacts of terrestrial run-off on Benthic Ecosystems in American Samoa

MT Comeros-Raynal, J Brodie, Z Bainbridge… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Variation in water quality can directly affect the composition of benthic assemblages on coral
reefs. Yet, few studies have directly quantified nutrient and suspended particulate matter …

[HTML][HTML] First record of red-tide in Elba protectorate coast using Sentinel-3 and its impacts on ecosystem

A Mahdy, REM Said, MA Khaled… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study is the first to document an algal bloom caused by Noctiluca scintillans, which was
detected using remote sensing techniques and confirmed in the field along the coast of Elba …