A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea

JD DiBattista, MB Roberts… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The Red Sea is characterised by a unique fauna and historical periods of
desiccation, hypersalinity and intermittent isolation. The origin and contemporary …

Thermal refugia against coral bleaching throughout the northern Red Sea

EO Osman, DJ Smith, M Ziegler, B Kürten… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical reefs have been impacted by thermal anomalies caused by global warming that
induced coral bleaching and mortality events globally. However, there have only been very …

Remote sensing the phytoplankton seasonal succession of the Red Sea

DE Raitsos, Y Pradhan, RJW Brewin, G Stenchikov… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The Red Sea holds one of the most diverse marine ecosystems, primarily due to coral reefs.
However, knowledge on large-scale phytoplankton dynamics is limited. Analysis of a 10 …

Impacts of warming on phytoplankton abundance and phenology in a typical tropical marine ecosystem

JA Gittings, DE Raitsos, G Krokos, I Hoteit - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In the tropics, thermal stratification (during warm conditions) may contribute to a shallowing
of the mixed layer above the nutricline and a reduction in the transfer of nutrients to the …

Marine heatwaves reveal coral reef zones susceptible to bleaching in the Red Sea

LGC Genevier, T Jamil, DE Raitsos… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As the Earth's temperature continues to rise, coral bleaching events become more frequent.
Some of the most affected reef ecosystems are located in poorly monitored waters, and thus …

Seasonal overturning circulation in the Red Sea: 1. Model validation and summer circulation

F Yao, I Hoteit, LJ Pratt, AS Bower… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The overturning circulation in the Red Sea exhibits a distinct seasonally reversing pattern
and is studied using high‐resolution MIT general circulation model simulations. In the first …

Observations of the summer Red Sea circulation

SS Sofianos, WE Johns - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aiming at exploring and understanding the summer circulation in the Red Sea, a cruise was
conducted in the basin during the summer of 2001 involving hydrographic, meteorological …

Monsoon oscillations regulate fertility of the Red Sea

DE Raitsos, X Yi, T Platt, MF Racault… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical ocean ecosystems are predicted to become warmer, more saline, and less fertile in
a future Earth. The Red Sea, one of the warmest and most saline environments in the world …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplankton phenology indices in coral reef ecosystems: Application to ocean-color observations in the Red Sea

MF Racault, DE Raitsos, ML Berumen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton, at the base of the marine food web, represent a fundamental food source in
coral reef ecosystems. The timing (phenology) and magnitude of the phytoplankton biomass …

[LIVRE][B] The Red Sea: environmental gradients shape a natural laboratory in a nascent ocean

This chapter introduces the environmental gradients that characterize the broader Red Sea
habitat. The Red Sea is formed by an actively spreading rift and notably has only one natural …