Climate-driven changes in biotic interactions can profoundly alter ecological communities,
particularly when they impact foundation species. In marine systems, changes in herbivory …

Tropical reefs have been subjected to a range of anthropogenic pressures such as global
climate change, overfishing and eutrophication that have raised questions about the …

High‐throughput sequencing approaches have enabled characterizations of the community
composition of numerous gut microbial communities, which in turn has enhanced interest in …

Increased frequency of disturbances and anthropogenic activities are predicted to have a
devastating impact on coral reefs that will ultimately change the composition of reef …

Global climate change is having devastating effects on habitat structure in coralreef
ecosystems owing to extreme environmental sensitivities and consequent bleaching of …

Global reductions in biodiversity and the accelerating loss and degradation of many of the
world's ecosystems have intensified research into the roles of species in ecosystem …

Around the globe, coral reefs and other marine ecosystems are increasingly overfished.
Conventionally, studies of fishing impacts have focused on the population size and …

Intestinal tracts are among the most densely populated microbial ecosystems. Gut
microbiota and their influence on the host have been well characterized in terrestrial …

The world's coral reefs are in decline, with many exhibiting a phase shift from coral to
macroalgal dominance [1–6]. This change is often associated with habitat loss and …

Prey traits linking consumer diversity to ecosystem function remain poorly understood. On
tropical coral reefs, herbivores promote coral dominance by suppressing competing …