Coral Reefs

Article	Citations
Thirty years of coral heat-stress experiments: a review of methods	87
Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world	72
Resolving resource partitioning in parrotfishes (Scarini) using microhistology of feeding substrata	56
Coral community resilience to successive years of bleaching in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i	52
Reef-scale impacts of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak	49
Host genotype and stable differences in algal symbiont communities explain patterns of thermal stress response of Montipora capitata following thermal pre-exposure and across multiple bleaching events	46
Annual outbreaks of coral disease coincide with extreme seasonal warming	45
A global coral reef probability map generated using convolutional neural networks	42
Ecological consequences of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Turks and Caicos Islands	37
Towards a rigorous species delimitation framework for scleractinian corals based on RAD sequencing: the case study of Leptastrea from the Indo-Pacific	36
Contrasting shifts in coral assemblages with increasing disturbances	36
Cold-water coral reefs thriving under hypoxia	35
The biology and ecology of coral rubble and implications for the future of coral reefs	34
Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors	30
Habitat maps to enhance monitoring and management of the Great Barrier Reef	29
Symbiont shuffling across environmental gradients aligns with changes in carbon uptake and translocation in the reef-building coral Pocillopora acuta	29
Principles for estimating fish productivity on coral reefs	28
Assessment of bacterial community composition within and among Acropora loripes colonies in the wild and in captivity	28
Structure-from-Motion on shallow reefs and beaches: potential and limitations of consumer-grade drones to reconstruct topography and bathymetry	27
Thermal stress-related spatiotemporal variations in high-latitude coral reef benthic communities	26
Empirically derived thermal thresholds of four coral species along the Red Sea using a portable and standardized experimental approach	26
Crustose coralline algae that promote coral larval settlement harbor distinct surface bacterial communities	23
Reef-associated fishes have more maneuverable body shapes at a macroevolutionary scale	23
Multiple techniques point to oxygenic phototrophs dominating the Isopora palifera skeletal microbiome	21
Accreting coral reefs in a highly urbanized environment	21

Implications of 2D versus 3D surveys to measure the abundance and composition of benthic coral reef communities	20
Growth impacts in a changing ocean: insights from two coral reef fishes in an extreme environment	19
Surviving marginalized reefs: assessing the implications of the microbiome on coral physiology and survivorship	19
Algal turf consumption by sea urchins and fishes is mediated by fisheries management on coral reefs in Kenya	19
Metabolite pools of the reef building coral Montipora capitata are unaffected by Symbiodiniaceae community composition	19
Low Symbiodiniaceae diversity in a turbid marginal reef environment	19
Upper-mesophotic and shallow reef corals exhibit similar thermal tolerance, sensitivity and optima	19
Pre-exposure to a variable temperature treatment improves the response of Acropora cervicornis to acute thermal stress	19
Mono- and multispecies biofilms from a crustose coralline alga induce settlement in the scleractinian coral Leptastrea purpurea	19
Putting sea cucumbers on the map: projected holothurian bioturbation rates on a coral reef scale	19
Physiological and ecological consequences of the water optical properties degradation on reef corals	19
Contrasting patterns of mortality in Polynesian coral reefs following the third global coral bleaching event in 2016	18
Habitat associations of settlement-stage crown-of-thorns starfish on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef	18
Trends and variability in spectral diffuse attenuation of coral reef waters	18
Suppressing the next crown-of-thorns outbreak on the Great Barrier Reef	17
Unusual shallow water Devonian coral community from Queensland and its recent analogues from the inshore Great Barrier Reef	17
Diversity, distribution, and environmental drivers of coralline red algae: the major reef builders in the Southwestern Atlantic	17
Niche differences in co-occurring cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.)	17
Mapping cold-water coral biomass: an approach to derive ecosystem functions	16
Association of butterflyfishes and stony coral tissue loss disease in the Florida Keys	16
Tissue fusion and enhanced genotypic diversity support the survival of Pocillopora acuta coral recruits under thermal stress	16
Coral persistence despite extreme periodic pH fluctuations at a volcanically acidified Caribbean reef	16
Coral fracture by derelict fishing gear affects the sustainability of the marginal reefs of Ecuador	16
Different responses of scleractinian coral Acropora pruinosa from Weizhou Island during extreme high temperature events	16
Characterization of a thermally tolerant Orbicella faveolata reef in Abaco, The Bahamas	16
No evidence for tropicalization of coral assemblages in a subtropical climate change hot spot	15
Responses of coral gastrovascular cavity pH during light and dark incubations to reduced seawater pH suggest species-specific responses to the effects of ocean acidification on calcification	15
Linking population size structure, heat stress and bleaching responses in a subtropical endemic coral	15
The influence of urban pressures on coral physiology on marginal coral reefs of the Mexican Pacific	14
Evolution and biogeography of the Zanclea-Scleractinia symbiosis	14
Signaling pathways in the coral polyp bail-out response	14
Sea urchins (diadematids) promote coral recovery via recruitment on Taiwanese reefs	14
The mass coral bleaching event of inshore corals form South China Sea witnessed in 2020: insight into the causes, process and consequence	14
Lack of evidence for the oxidative stress theory of bleaching in the sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana, under elevated temperature	14
11-yr of coral community dynamics in reefs around Dahab (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea): the collapse of urchins and rise of macroalgae and cyanobacterial mats	14
Highly diverse mesophotic reef fish communities in Raja Ampat, West Papua	14
Unveiling hidden sponge biodiversity within the Hawaiian reef cryptofauna	14
Ocean acidification effects on calcification and dissolution in tropical reef macroalgae	14
Diel pCO2 variation among coral reefs and microhabitats at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef	14
Oceanic patterns of thermal stress and coral community degradation on the island of Mauritius	13
Shifts in marine invertebrate bacterial assemblages associated with tissue necrosis during a heat wave	13
Heat stress differentially impacts key calcification mechanisms in reef-building corals	13
Apparent recruitment failure for the vast majority of coral species at Eilat, Red Sea	13
Reducing host DNA contamination in 16S rRNA gene surveys of anthozoan microbiomes using PNA clamps	13
The role of predators in coral disease dynamics	13
Effects of thermal conditioning on the performance of Pocillopora acuta adult coral colonies and their offspring	12
Coral larvae avoid substratum exploration and settlement in low-oxygen environments	12
Fine-scale heterogeneity reveals disproportionate thermal stress and coral mortality in thermally variable reef habitats during a marine heatwave	12
Environmental flexibility in Oulastrea crispata in a highly urbanised environment: a microbial perspective	12
Life history traits of the sea snake Emydocephalus annulatus, based on a 17-yr study	12

Thermal history influences lesion recovery of the threatened Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis under heat stress	12
Ecological analyses to inform management targets for the culling of crown-of-thorns starfish to prevent coral decline	12
How Symbiodiniaceae meets the challenges of life during coral bleaching	12
Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life	12
Neighboring colonies influence uptake of thermotolerant endosymbionts in threatened Caribbean coral recruits	12
The indirect effects of ocean acidification on corals and coral communities	12
Coral host physiology and symbiont dynamics associated with differential recovery from mass bleaching in an extreme, macro-tidal reef environment in northwest Australia	12
Towards a trait-based understanding of Symbiodiniaceae nutrient acquisition strategies	12
Functional diversity of reef molluscs along a tropical-to-temperate gradient	11
Is predation of juvenile crown-of-thorns seastars (Acanthaster cf. solaris) by peppermint shrimp (Lysmata vittata) dependent on age, size, or diet?	11
Variation in the elemental stoichiometry of the coral–zooxanthellae symbiosis	11
Contrasting effects of crustose coralline algae from exposed and subcryptic habitats on coral recruits	11
The importance of biophysical context in understanding marine protected area outcomes for coral reef fish populations	11
The effects of predation on the condition of soft corals	11
Cryopreservation of sperm from the brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis as a strategy to face the loss of corals in the Caribbean	11
Application of phylogenomic tools to unravel anthozoan evolution	11
Cryopreservation can assist gene flow on the Great Barrier Reef	11
Geography and spawning season drive genetic divergence among populations of the hard coral Acropora tenuis from Indonesia and Western Australia	11
Hybridisation and the evolution of coral reef biodiversity	11
The mycobiome of Pocillopora acuta in Singapore	11
A resilient brooding coral in the broadcast spawning Porites lobata species complex: a new endemic, introduced species, mutant, or new adaptive potential?	11
Sub-annual fluorescence measurements of coral skeleton: relationship between skeletal luminescence and terrestrial humic-like substances	11
Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta	11
Moderate zooxanthellate coral growth rates in the lower photic zone	11
Nitrogen enrichment in macroalgae following mass coral mortality	10
Fine-scale time series surveys reveal new insights into spatio-temporal trends in coral cover (2002–2018), of a coral reef on the Southern Great Barrier Reef	10
Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as stepping stones for dispersal and diversification	10
Two offshore coral species show greater acclimatization capacity to environmental variation than nearshore counterparts in southern Belize	10
Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll	10
Changes in reef fish assemblages following multiple bleaching events in the world’s warmest sea (Kish Island, the Persian Gulf)	10
Physiological seasonality in the symbiont and host of the northern star coral, Astrangia poculata	10
Physiological responses to short-term sediment exposure in adults of the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa and adults and recruits of Porites astreoides	10
Multispecific coral spawning events and extended breeding periods on an equatorial reef	10
Species richness and generalists–specialists mosaicism of symbiodiniacean symbionts in corals from Hong Kong revealed by high-throughput ITS sequencing	10
Seasonal variation in reef fish assemblages in the environmentally extreme southern Persian/Arabian Gulf	10
Impact of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment and skewed N:P stoichiometry on the skeletal formation and microstructure of symbiotic reef corals	10
Length–weight relationships to quantify biomass for motile coral reef cryptofauna	10
Diversification and distribution of gall crabs (Brachyura: Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus) associated with Agariciidae corals	10
Light-enhanced phosphate absorption in the fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, entails an increase in the expression of sodium-dependent phosphate transporter 2a in its colourful outer mantle	10
Variation in susceptibility among three Caribbean coral species and their algal symbionts indicates the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, is particularly susceptible to elevated nutrien	10
High diversity, abundance and distinct fish assemblages on submerged coral reef pinnacles compared to shallow emergent reefs	10
Coral reef resilience differs among islands within the Gulf of Mannar, southeast India, following successive coral bleaching events	10
Crystallographic and chemical signatures in coral skeletal aragonite	10
Quantifying life history demographics of the scleractinian coral genus Pocillopora at Palmyra Atoll	10
Unveiling asexual reproductive traits in black corals: polyp bail-out in Antipathella subpinnata	10
High herbivory despite high sediment loads on a fringing coral reef	10
Complex spatial patterns of genetic differentiation in the Caribbean mustard hill coral Porites astreoides	9
Home range of newborn blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus), as estimated using mark-recapture and acoustic telemetry	9
The role of corals on the abundance of a fish ectoparasite in the Great Barrier Reef	9
Impacts of parrotfish predation on a major reef-building coral: quantifying healing rates and thresholds of coral recovery	9
Chronic low-level nutrient enrichment benefits coral thermal performance in a fore reef habitat	9
Using form II ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase to estimate the phototrophic potentials of Symbiodinium, Cladocopium and Durusdinium in various organs of the fluted giant clam, Tridacna	9
Population genetic structure of a major reef-building coral species Acropora downingi in northeastern Arabian Peninsula	9
Increasing coral calcification in Orbicella faveolata and Pseudodiploria strigosa at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico	9
Lipids of Indo-Pacific gorgonian corals are modified under the influence of microbial associations	9
Seasonal variation in the lipidome of two species of Millepora hydrocorals from Vietnam coastal waters (the South China Sea)	9
The reticulate coral reef system in Golfo de Guacanayabo, SE Cuba	9
Biogeochemical variability and trophic status of reef water column following a coral bleaching event	9
Novel species interactions and environmental conditions reduce foraging competency at the temperate range edge of a range-extending coral reef fish	9
Trophodynamics of the sclerosponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient	9
The complexity of calculating an accurate carbonate budget	9
Physiological diversity among sympatric, conspecific endosymbionts of coral (Cladocopium C1acro) from the Great Barrier Reef	9
Elevated feeding rates of fishes within octocoral canopies on Caribbean reefs	9
Photo-movement of coral larvae influences vertical positioning in the ocean	9
Spatio-temporal persistence of scleractinian coral species at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef	8
Environmental gradients drive physiological variation in Hawaiian corals	8
Broadening our horizons: seascape use by coral reef-associated fishes in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, is common and diverse	8
A unique reproductive strategy in the mushroom coral Fungia fungites	8
Host-specific epibiomes of distinct Acropora cervicornis genotypes persist after field transplantation	8
Feeding biology of a habitat-forming antipatharian in the Azores Archipelago	8
Ephemeral hypoxia reduces oxygen consumption in the Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata	8
Recruitment of coral reef fishes along a cross-shelf gradient in the Red Sea peaks outside the hottest season	8
Microbiome structure of ecologically important bioeroding sponges (family Clionaidae): the role of host phylogeny and environmental plasticity	8
Responses of a coral reef shark acutely exposed to ocean acidification conditions	8
Latitudinal variation in monthly-scale reproductive synchrony among Acropora coral assemblages in the Indo-Pacific	8
Monthly progression rates of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan	8
Giant clams in shallow reefs: UV-resistance mechanisms of Tridacninae in the Red Sea	8
Identifying metabolic alterations associated with coral growth anomalies using 1H NMR metabolomics	8
The role of parapodia and lack of photoacclimation in kleptoplasts of the sacoglossan sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus	7
Natural variability in seawater temperature compromises the metabolic performance of a reef-forming cold-water coral with implications for vulnerability to ongoing global change	7

Hydrodynamic interactions with coral topography and its impact on larval settlement	7
A functional perspective on the meaning of the term ‘herbivore’: patterns versus processes in coral reef fishes	7
High diversity of benthic cyanobacterial mats on coral reefs of Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand	7
Bioerosion of reef-building crustose coralline algae by endolithic invertebrates in an upwelling-influenced reef	7
The enhanced expression of heat stress-related genes in scleractinian coral ‘Porites harrisoni’ during warm episodes as an intrinsic mechanism for adaptation in ‘the Persian Gulf’	7
Plasticity of symbiont acquisition in new recruits of the massive coral Platygyra daedalea under ocean warming and acidification	7
Feces consumption by nominally herbivorous fishes in the Caribbean: an underappreciated source of nutrients?	7
Significance of fish–sponge interactions in coral reef ecosystems	7
Climate impacts alter fisheries productivity and turnover on coral reefs	7
Populations of a widespread hexacoral have trophic plasticity and flexible syntrophic interactions across the Indo-Pacific Ocean	7
Strategies for integrating sexually propagated corals into Caribbean reef restoration: experimental results and considerations	7
Depth gradients in abundance and functional roles suggest limited depth refuges for herbivorous fishes	7
The contribution of corals to reef structural complexity in Kāne‘ohe Bay	7
Hidden structural heterogeneity enhances marine hotspots’ biodiversity	7
Distinct lineages and population genomic structure of the coral Pachyseris speciosa in the small equatorial reef system of Singapore	7
High-resolution in situ thermal metrics coupled with acute heat stress experiments reveal differential coral bleaching susceptibility	7
Finding signals in the noise of coral recruitment	7
Mesophotic coral refuges following multiple disturbances	7
Close encounters of the worst kind: reforms needed to curb coral reef damage by recreational divers	7
ITS1 variation among Stichopathes cf. maldivensis (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) whip black corals unveils conspecificity and population connectivity at local and global scales across the Indo-Pacific	7
Predicting coral metapopulation decline in a changing thermal environment	7
The reef building coral Stylophora pistillata uses stored carbohydrates to maintain ATP levels under thermal stress	6
Impacts of nursery-based propagation and out-planting on coral-associated bacterial communities	6
Signaling pathways of heat- and hypersalinity-induced polyp bailout in Pocillopora acuta	6
Seasonal, lunar, and diel patterns in spawning by the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta	6
Effects of corallivory and coral colony density on coral growth and survival	6
Coral microbiome changes over the day–night cycle	6
High spatial resolution photo mosaicking for the monitoring of coralligenous reefs	6
Microbiome signatures in Acropora cervicornis are associated with genotypic resistance to elevated nutrients and heat stress	6
Reef complexity influences distribution and habitat choice of the corallivorous seastar Culcita schmideliana in the Maldives	6
Onset of zooplanktivory and optimal water flow rates for prey capture in newly settled polyps of ten Caribbean coral species	6
Biological consequences of an outbreak of growth anomalies on Isopora palifera at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	6
Early successional trajectory of benthic community in an uninhabited reef system three years after mass coral bleaching	6
Resolving the interactions of ocean acidification and temperature on coral calcification media pH	6
Effects of cryopreservation on the ultrastructure of coral larvae	6
Current and future trophic interactions in tropical shallow-reef lagoon habitats	6
Conservation status of the southernmost reef of the Amazon Reef System: the Parcel de Manuel Luís	6
Wild and nursery-raised corals: comparative physiology of two framework coral species	6
Population genomic structure of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata in Mediterranean Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems	6
The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research	6
Juvenile age and available coral species modulate transition probability from herbivory to corallivory in Acanthaster cf. solaris (Crown-of-Thorns Seastar)	6
Biotic resistance on coral reefs? Direct and indirect effects of native predators and competitors on invasive lionfish	6
Scarus spinus, crustose coralline algae and cyanobacteria: an example of dietary specialization in the parrotfishes	6
Impact of cyclones on hard coral and metapopulation structure, connectivity and genetic diversity of coral reef fish	6
Bleaching susceptibility of aquarium corals collected across northern Australia	6
Assessing the relative accuracy of coral heights reconstructed from drones and structure from motion photogrammetry on coral reefs	6
Thermally tolerant symbionts may explain Caribbean octocoral resilience to heat stress	6
Differential responses of bacterial communities in coral tissue and mucus to bleaching	6
Algal turf negatively affects recruitment of a Caribbean octocoral	6
The macrofauna associated to the bamboo coral Isidella elongata: to what extent the impact on isideidae affects diversification of deep-sea fauna	5
Tissue biomass trades off with growth but not reproduction in corals	5
Highly repetitive space-use dynamics in parrotfishes	5
Large-scale biogeographic patterns are reflected in the genetic structure of a broadcast spawning stony coral	5
Novel rubble-dwelling predators of herbivorous juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster sp.)	5
Transient demographic approaches can drastically expand the toolbox of coral reef science	5
Genetic structure of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) in southern Japan based on genome-wide RADseq analysis	5
Population genetic structure of the broadcast spawning coral, Montastraea cavernosa, demonstrates refugia potential of upper mesophotic populations in the Florida Keys	5
7700-year persistence of an isolated, free-living coral assemblage in the Galápagos Islands: a model for coral refugia?	5
Species and spatio-environmental effects on coral endosymbiont communities in Southeast Asia	5
Seasonal shifts in fatty acids and sterols in sponges, corals, and bivalves, in a southern Gulf of Mexico coral reef under river influence	5
Prevalence and extent of coral diseases in shallow and mesophotic reefs of the Southwestern Atlantic	5
Karyotypic mosaicism and molecular cytogenetic markers in the scleractinian coral Acropora pruinosa Brook, 1982 (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria)	5
Ontogenetic habitat shifts in fusiliers (Lutjanidae): evidence from Caesio cuning at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef	5
Did the historic overharvesting of sea cucumbers make coral more susceptible to pathogens?	5
Similar thermal breadth of two temperate coral species from the Mediterranean Sea and two tropical coral species from the Great Barrier Reef	5
Frequent hydrodynamic disturbances decrease the morphological diversity and structural complexity of 3D simulated coral communities	5
Resilience of the temperate coral Oculina arbuscula to ocean acidification extends to the physiological level	5
Polyp longevity in a precious gorgonian coral: hints toward a demographic approach to polyp dynamics	5
A phylogenomic examination of Palmyra Atoll’s corallimorpharian invader	5
Outplanting of branching Acropora enhances recolonization of a fish species and protects massive corals from predation	5
Environmental impact on the mechanical properties of Porites spp. corals	5
Physiological effects of the lunar cycle on the spawning of a coral reef fish, Abudefduf Vaigiensis: in vivo and in vitro trait	5
Ocean acidification alters the thermal performance curves of brooded larvae from the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis	5
Long-term (70-year) monitoring of reef structure through high-resolution multidecadal aerial imagery	5
A stratified transect approach captures reef complexity with canopy-forming organisms	5
Degrees of honesty: cleaning by the redlip cleaner wrasse Labroides rubrolabiatus	5
Species-specific elementomes for scleractinian coral hosts and their associated Symbiodiniaceae	5
Developing best practices for the restoration of massive corals and the mitigation of predation impacts: influences of physical protection, colony size, and genotype on outplant mortality	5
Inter-island local adaptation in the Galápagos Archipelago: genomics of the Galápagos blue-banded goby, Lythrypnus gilberti	5
Microhabitats of sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae) cleaning stations and their links with cleaning behaviour	5
Polyp bailout and reattachment of the abundant Caribbean octocoral Eunicea flexuosa	5
Seasonal variation in the lipid profile of Acropora millepora at Halfway Island, Great Barrier Reef	5
Beyond the Symbiodiniaceae: diversity and role of microeukaryotic coral symbionts	5
Measuring the long-term success of small-scale marine protected areas in a Philippine reef fishery	4
DNA metabarcoding confirms primary targets and breadth of diet for coral reef butterflyfishes	4
Effect of species, provenance, and coral physiology on the composition of Hawaiian coral-associated microbial communities	4
Responses of benthic habitat and fish to severe tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji	4
Exposure to degraded coral habitat depresses oxygen uptake rate during exercise of a juvenile reef fish	4
Mechanical properties, spectral vibrational response, and flow-field analysis of the aragonite skeleton of the staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis)	4
Storms may disrupt top-down control of algal turf on fringing reefs	4
Promoting larval settlement of coral Pocillopora damicornis by calcium	4
Decadal stability of coral reef benthic communities on Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific, through two bleaching events	4
Is post-bleaching recovery of Acropora hyacinthus on Palau via spread of local kin groups?	4
Wave exposure and temperature drive coral community structure at regional scale in the Cuban archipelago	4
Ocean temperature, but not acidification, causes sea anemone bleaching under a near-future climate scenario	4