Bacteria have evolved a wide range of mechanisms to harm and kill their competitors,
including chemical, mechanical and biological weapons. Here we review the incredible …

With rubble predicted to increase on coral reefs worldwide, we review the physical,
biological, and ecological dynamics of rubble beds, with a focus on how rubble generation …

As the contribution for long-term ecological and environmental studies (LTEES) to our
understanding of how species and ecosystems respond to a changing global climate …

Very little is known about how environmental changes such as increasing temperature affect
disease dynamics in the ocean, especially at large spatial scales. We asked whether the …

Scleractinian (hard) corals are fundamental to the geomorphology, biodiversity, and
structure of coral reef ecosystems (Goreau 1963, Hoegh-Guldberg 2004, Pratchett et al …

Extreme arid regions in the worlds' major deserts are typified by quartz pavement terrain.
Cryptic hypolithic communities colonize the ventral surface of quartz rocks and this habitat is …

Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Competition among sessile organisms is a major process on coral reefs, and is becoming
more important as anthropogenic disturbances cause shifts in dominance to non-reef …

The ecological resilience of coral reefs depends critically on the capacity of coral
populations to re-establish in habitats dominated by macroalgae. Coral reefs globally are …

The 1998 global coral bleaching event was the largest recorded historical disturbance of
coral reefs and resulted in extensive habitat loss. Annual censuses of reef fish community …