Coral reefs are home to a variety of species, and their preservation is a popular study area;
however, monitoring them is a significant challenge, for which the use of robots offers a …

Concern is growing about the potential effects of interacting multiple stressors, especially as
the global climate changes. We provide a comprehensive review of multiple stressor …

Excess nutrientsfrom fertiliser application, pollution discharge and water regulations outflow
through rivers from lands to oceans, seriously impact coastal ecosystems. Terrestrial runoff …

The world's coral reefs are being degraded, and the need to reduce local pressures to offset
the effects of increasing global pressures is now widely recognized. This study investigates …

This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral
reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes …

The world is undergoing unprecedented changes in many of the factors that determine its
fundamental properties and their in-ence on society. These changes include climate; the …

Research on the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) has waxed and waned over
the last few decades, mostly in response to population outbreaks at specific locations. This …

Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) remain a major cause of coral
mortality in the Indo-Pacific, contributing to widespread and accelerating degradation of …

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a World Heritage Area and contains extensive areas of
coral reef, seagrass meadows and fisheries resources. From adjacent catchments …

Degradation of inshore coral reefs due to poor water quality is a major issue, yet it has
proved difficult to demonstrate this linkage at other than local scales. This study modeled the …