Diseases of tropical reef organisms is an intensive area of study, but despite significant
advances in methodology and the global knowledge base, identifying the proximate causes …

INTRODUCTION Coral reefs worldwide are suffering losses at an alarming rate as a result of
anthropogenic climate change. Increased seawater temperatures, even only slightly above …

Active coral restoration typically involves two interventions: crossing gametes to facilitate
sexual larval propagation; and fragmenting, growing, and outplanting adult colonies to …

As coral reefs continue to decline due to climate change and other stressors, scientists have
proposed adopting genomic tools, such as biomarkers, to aid in the conservation and …

Given that global warming is the greatest threat to coral reefs, coral restoration projects have
expanded worldwide with the goal of replenishing habitats whose reef-building corals …

Distinguishing coral species is not only crucial for physiological, ecological, and
evolutionary studies but also to enable effective management of threatened reef …

White band disease (WBD) has caused unprecedented declines in the Caribbean Acropora
corals, which are now listed as critically endangered species. Highly disease-resistant …

Genotype-by-environment interactions (GxE) indicate that variation in organismal traits
cannot be explained by fixed effects of genetics or site-specific plastic responses alone. For …

Global change is increasing seawater temperatures and decreasing oceanic pH, driving
declines of coral reefs globally. Coral ecosystems are also impacted by local stressors …

Reef-building corals contain a complex consortium of organisms, a holobiont, which
responds dynamically to disease, making pathogen identification difficult. While coral …