The ability of bottom‐dwelling marine epifauna to regenerate injured or lost body parts is
critical to the survival of individuals from disturbances that inflict wounds. Numerous studies …

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

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 …

Staghorn corals (genus Acropora) are the most obvious and important corals on coral reefs
throughout the world, providing much of the beauty and variety seen on the reefs. This …

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 …

Competition between corals and benthic algae is prevalent on coral reefs worldwide and
has the potential to influence the structure of the reef benthos. Human activities may …

In the geological record, scleractinian-dominated “turbid-water” bioconstructions that
accumulated under substantial terrigenous input, along with shallow neritic marls rich in well …

Space limitation leads to competition between benthic, sessile organisms on coral reefs. As
a primary example, reef-building corals are in direct contact with each other and many …

Coral reef community structure has remained remarkably stable over a 10 yr period within a
small protected marine area despite repeated hurricane impacts. Local community dynamics …

The alien coral Tubastraea spp. has invaded Atlantic coral reefs since 1940s, but their
effects on native coral assemblages are poorly understood. In this study the effects on coral …