Humans now play a major role in altering Earth and its biota. Finding ways to ameliorate
human impacts on biodiversity and to sustain and restore the ecosystem services on which …

Anthropogenic changes to the Earth now rival those caused by the forces of nature and have
shepherded us into a new planetary epoch–the Anthropocene. Such changes include …

Degradation of coastal water quality in the form of low dissolved oxygen levels (hypoxia) can
harm biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human wellbeing. Extreme hypoxic conditions …

Loss of oxygen in the global ocean is accelerating due to climate change and
eutrophication, but how acute deoxygenation events affect tropical marine ecosystems …

The mass mortality of acroporid corals has transformed Caribbean reefs from coral-to
macroalgal-dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Declines …

The mass die‐off of Caribbean corals has transformed many of this region's reefs to
macroalgal‐dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Although …

With overwhelming evidence of change in habitats, biologists today must assume that few, if
any, study areas are natural and that biological variability is superimposed on trends rather …

The arrival of large masses of drifting Sargassum since 2011 has caused changes in the
natural dynamics of Caribbean coastal ecosystems. In the summer of 2015, unprecedented …

Coral reefs are iconic examples of biological hotspots, highly appreciated because of their
ecosystem services. Yet, they are threatened by human impact and climate change …

Caribbean coral reefs have transformed into algal-dominated habitats over recent decades,
but the mechanisms of change are unresolved due to a lack of quantitative ecological data …