Coastal zones, the world's most densely populated regions, are increasingly threatened by
climate change stressors—rising and warming seas, intensifying storms and droughts, and …

Seaweeds are ecologically important primary producers, competitors, and ecosystem
engineers that play a central role in coastal habitats ranging from kelp forests to coral reefs …

Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

Losses of corals worldwide emphasize the need to understand what drives reef decline.
Stressors such as overfishing and nutrient pollution may reduce resilience of coral reefs by …

Interactions between climate change and UV radiation are having strong effects on aquatic
ecosystems due to feedback between temperature, UV radiation, and greenhouse gas …

Increased loadings of nitrogen (N) from fertilizers, top soil, sewage, and atmospheric
deposition are important drivers of eutrophication in coastal waters globally. Monitoring …

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

Continued declines in coral reef health over the past three decades have been punctuated
by severe mass coral bleaching‐induced mortality events that have grown in intensity and …

The effects of climate change on the ocean environment–especially ocean warming,
acidification, and sea level rise–will impact fish stocks and fishers in important ways. Likely …

The great sensitivity of coral reefs to climate change has raised concern over their resilience.
An emerging body of resilience theory stems largely from research carried out in a single …