A review of published literature on the sensitivity of corals to turbidity and sedimentation is
presented, with an emphasis on the effects of dredging. The risks and severity of impact from …

Coral reefs in shallow-water environments (< 30 m) are in decline due to local and global
anthropogenic stresses. This has led to renewed interest in the 'deep reef refugia'hypothesis …

Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent
bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages. We analyzed …

Resilience is usually defined as the capacity of an ecosystem to absorb disturbance without
shifting to an alternative state and losing function and services [1–3]. The concept therefore …

Mesophotic coral reefs, reefs at depths of 30 m to 150 m, are receiving renewed interest from
coral reef scientists and managers because they are linked physically and biologically to …

Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are characterized by the presence of light-dependent
corals and associated communities that are typically found at depths ranging from 30 to 40 …

Lobophora variegata and Dictyota pulchella are dominant algal components on coral reefs
across the Caribbean, but the mechanisms and outcomes of spatial competition between …

Over the past decades numerous studies have reported declines in stony corals and, in
many cases, phase shifts to fleshy macroalgae. However, long-term studies documenting …

On most coral reefs, the percentage cover of scleractinian corals has declined greatly over
the last 30 yr; some species that are more resistant to mortality have been less affected than …

Most studies on coral reefs have focused on shallow reef (< 30 m) systems due to the
technical limitations of conducting scientific diving deeper than 30 m. Compared to their …