Benthic cyanobacterial mats are increasingly reported to cover major coral reef areas.
Although suggestions have been made that cyanobacterial mats impair coral reef health in …

Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous on coral reefs and perform many important ecosystem
functions. Benthic cyanobacterial mats (BCMs) have become increasingly abundant on …

Benthic cyanobacterial mats are increasing in abundance worldwide with the potential to
degrade ecosystem structure and function. Understanding mat community dynamics is thus …

A better understanding of system‐specific viral ecology in diverse environments is needed to
predict patterns of virus–host trophic structure in the Anthropocene. This study characterised …

Cyanobacteria occupy an extraordinarily diverse array of ecological niches in coral reefs
because they play multifaceted roles, including primary carbon and nitrogen fixation …

Black band disease (BBD) in corals is characterized by a distinctive, band-like microbial mat,
which spreads across the tissues and often kills infected colonies. The microbial mat is …

We define coral reef BCMs as a functional grou** that broadly encompasses
taxonomically and functionally rich, conspicuous benthic consortia primarily comprised of …

Cyanobacterial mats supplanting coral and spreading coral diseases in tropical reefs,
intensified by environmental shifts caused by human‐induced pressures, nutrient …

Benthic cyanobacterial mats (BCMs) are natural phenomena in marine environments.
Reports of BCMs occurring across coastal marine environments have increased, partly …

Holistically characterizing mechanisms that connect biotic context with patterns in
persistence across levels of ecological organization requires integrating patterns of …