Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is destructive and poses a significant threat to
Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Characterized by the acute loss of coral tissue, SCTLD …

Coral disease has progressively become one of the most pressing issues affecting coral reef
survival. In the last 50 years, several reefs throughout the Caribbean have been severely …

As coral reef ecosystems experience unprecedented change, effective monitoring of reef
features supports management, conservation, and intervention efforts. Omic techniques …

Stony coral tissue loss disease, first observed in Florida in 2014, has now spread along the
entire Florida Reef Tract and on reefs in many Caribbean countries. The disease affects a …

The Health Impacts of Artificial Reef Advancement (HIARA; in the Malagasy
language,“together”) study cohort was set up in December 2022 to assess the economic and …

Reef-building corals are ecosystem engineers that compete with other benthic organisms for
space and resources. Corals harvest energy through their surface by photosynthesis and …

The dominant benthic primary producers in coral reef ecosystems are complex holobionts
with diverse microbiomes and metabolomes. In this study, we characterize the tissue …

Coral reefs are experiencing unprecedented loss in coral cover due to increased incidence
of disease and bleaching events. Thus, understanding mechanisms of disease susceptibility …

All biology happens in space, and spatial structuring plays an important role in mediating
biological processes at all scales from cells to ecosystems. However, the metabolomic …

Coral reefs are declining due to multiple factors including overfishing, anthropogenic
pollution, and ocean acidification. Diseases affecting corals have increased in recent …