Coral disease has emerged over recent decades as a significant threat to coral reef
ecosystems, with declines in coral cover and diversity of Caribbean reefs providing an …

Coral reefs are the most diverse marine ecosystems. However, coral cover has decreased
worldwide due to natural disturbances, climate change, and local anthropogenic drivers. In …

Assisted gene flow (AGF) is a conservation intervention to accelerate species adaptation to
climate change by importing genetic diversity into at-risk populations. Corals exemplify both …

Rapidly rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations are driving acidification in parallel with
warming of the oceans. Future ocean acidification scenarios have the potential to impact …

The population decline and lack of natural recovery of multiple coral species along the
Florida reef tract have instigated the expanding application of coral restoration and …

The once-dominant shallow reef-building coral Acropora palmata has suffered drastic
geographical declines in the wider Caribbean from a disease epidemic that began in the …

Coral populations have declined worldwide largely due to increased sea surface
temperatures. Recovery of coral populations depends in part upon larval recruitment. Many …

An emerging disturbance for Caribbean reefs is the massive arrival of pelagic Sargassum,
which deteriorates water quality due to the production of leachates. The highest arrivals of …

Background Cnidarians, including corals and anemones, offer unique insights into
metazoan evolution because they harbor genetic similarities with vertebrates beyond that …

Recovery of the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata is critical to reversing coral reef ecosystem
collapse in the western Atlantic, but the species is severely threatened. To gauge potential …