A research review of interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Life Studies… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Biodiversity across space and time in the fossil record

RBJ Benson, R Butler, RA Close, E Saupe… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
The fossil record is the primary source of information on how biodiversity has varied in deep
time, providing unique insight on the long-term dynamics of diversification and their drivers …

Systematic revision of Symbiodiniaceae highlights the antiquity and diversity of coral endosymbionts

TC LaJeunesse, JE Parkinson, PW Gabrielson… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
The advent of molecular data has transformed the science of organizing and studying life on
Earth. Genetics-based evidence provides fundamental insights into the diversity, ecology …

An extensive reef system at the Amazon River mouth

RL Moura, GM Amado-Filho, FC Moraes… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Large rivers create major gaps in reef distribution along tropical shelves. The Amazon River
represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean, generating up to a 1.3× 106 …

Coordinated biotic and abiotic change during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Darriwilian assembly of early Paleozoic building blocks

AL Stigall, CT Edwards, RL Freeman… - Palaeogeography …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ordovician Period records an extraordinary biodiversity increase known as the
Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE), which coincided with a series of …

Reef building and carbonate production modes in the west-central Tethys during the Cenozoic

L Pomar, JI Baceta, P Hallock, G Mateu-Vicens… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Changing components, rock textures, lithofacies, platform types and architecture throughout
time are unique characteristics of carbonate rocks. Characterizing these attributes has been …

Geographical, environmental and intrinsic biotic controls on Phanerozoic marine diversification

J Alroy - Palaeontology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Paleobiology Database now includes enough data on fossil collections to produce
useful time series of geographical and environmental variables in addition to a robust global …

The spatial structure of Phanerozoic marine animal diversity

RA Close, RBJ Benson, EE Saupe, ME Clapham… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The global fossil record of marine animals has fueled long-standing debates about diversity
change through time and the drivers of this change. However, the fossil record is not truly …

Conserving potential coral reef refuges at high latitudes

M Beger, B Sommer, PL Harrison… - Diversity and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim High‐latitude coral reef communities composed of tropical, subtropical and temperate
species are heralded as climate change refuges for vulnerable tropical coral reef species …

On the potential for ocean acidification to be a general cause of ancient reef crises

W Kiessling, C Simpson - Global Change Biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic rise in the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere leads to global
warming and acidification of the oceans. Ocean acidification (OA) is harmful to many …