Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

RS Peixoto, CR Voolstra, M Sweet, CM Duarte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species are two of the most critical
environmental issues the world is currently facing, resulting in the disruption of various …

Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years

IM McLeod, MY Hein, R Babcock, L Bay, DG Bourne… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional
management informed by research, recent declines in coral cover have triggered efforts to …

The fourth global coral bleaching event: where do we go from here?

JD Reimer, RS Peixoto, SW Davies, N Traylor-Knowles… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event was officially confirmed by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) on …

Horizon scanning the application of probiotics for wildlife

N Garcias-Bonet, A Roik, B Tierney, FC García… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
The provision of probiotics benefits the health of a wide range of organisms, from humans to
animals and plants. Probiotics can enhance stress resilience of endangered organisms …

Ecology of Endozoicomonadaceae in three coral genera across the Pacific Ocean

C Hochart, L Paoli, HJ Ruscheweyh, G Salazar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Health and resilience of the coral holobiont depend on diverse bacterial communities often
dominated by key marine symbionts of the Endozoicomonadaceae family. The factors …

Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly‐evolving field

AT Banaszak, KL Marhaver, MW Miller… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reversing coral reef decline requires reducing environmental threats while actively restoring
reef ecological structure and function. A promising restoration approach uses coral breeding …

Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems: Effective strategies to preserve coral reef ecosystems

CR Voolstra, RS Peixoto, C Ferrier‐Pagès - EMBO reports, 2023 - embopress.org
Coral reef ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots that provide a habitat for about a third of all
marine species (Fisher et al, 2015)—which is why colloquially they are referred to as the …

Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations

PJ Edmunds - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral recruitment describes the addition of new individuals to populations, and it is one of
the most fundamental demographic processes contributing to population size. As many coral …

Management approaches to conserve Australia's marine ecosystem under climate change

LK Bay, J Gilmour, B Muir, PE Hardisty - Science, 2023 - science.org
Australia's coastal marine ecosystems have a deep cultural significance to Indigenous
Australians, include multiple World Heritage sites, and support the nation's rapidly growing …

The baseline is already shifted: marine microbiome restoration and rehabilitation as essential tools to mitigate ecosystem decline

RS Peixoto, CR Voolstra - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is turning formerly pristine ecosystems into ever-changing states, causing
major disturbance and biodiversity loss. Such impacted marine ecosystems and organisms …