Standardized Methods to Assess the Impacts of Thermal Stress on Coral Reef Marine Life

CR Voolstra, R Alderdice, L Colin… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Earth's oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the excess, climate change–induced
atmospheric heat. The resulting rise in oceanic temperatures affects all species and can …

Microorganisms uniquely capture and predict stony coral tissue loss disease and hurricane disturbance impacts on US Virgin Island reefs

CC Becker, L Weber, JK Llopiz… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reef ecosystems are now commonly affected by major climate and disease
disturbances. Disturbance impacts are typically recorded using reef benthic cover, but this …

Gene content of seawater microbes is a strong predictor of water chemistry across the Great Barrier Reef

M Terzin, SJ Robbins, SC Bell, KA Lê Cao, RK Gruber… - Microbiome, 2025 - Springer
Background Seawater microbes (bacteria and archaea) play essential roles in coral reefs by
facilitating nutrient cycling, energy transfer, and overall reef ecosystem functioning …

Coral high molecular weight carbohydrates support opportunistic microbes in bacterioplankton from an algae-dominated reef

BM Thobor, AF Haas, C Wild, CE Nelson… - Msystems, 2024 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT High molecular weight (HMW;> 1 kDa) carbohydrates are a major component of
dissolved organic matter (DOM) released by benthic primary producers. Despite shifts from …