Changing components, rock textures, lithofacies, platform types and architecture throughout
time are unique characteristics of carbonate rocks. Characterizing these attributes has been …

A significant body of new information about the development of coral reefs during the last 23
ka has been generated in the last three decades. In the Indo-Pacific province, structures …

Scleractinians are a group of calcified anthozoan corals, many of which populate shallow-
water tropical to subtropical reefs. Most of these corals calcify rapidly and their success on …

The mutualistic relationship between corals and their dinoflagellate endosymbionts is a key
factor in the evolutionary success of hermatypic (reef building) corals. The endosymbiotic …

Describing, characterizing and interpreting the nearly infinite variety of carbonate rocks are
conundrums–intricate and difficult problems having only conjectural answers–that have …

Research over the past several decades has clearly demonstrated that changes in the
ocean environment have had major impacts on carbonate systems. Changes in climate …

The threats of wide‐scale coral bleaching and reef demise associated with anthropogenic
climate change are widely known. Moreover, rates of genetic adaptation and/or changes in …

Recent, region-scale estimates suggest that high levels of coral cover loss have occurred in
both the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific reef provinces (Gardner et al. 2003; Bruno and Selig …

Global climate change will drive declines in coral reefs over coming decades. Yet, the
relative role of temperature versus acidification, and the ability of resultant ecosystems to …

In addition to salinity and temperature, nutrient concentrations in surface waters are known
to have a significant impact on distribution of carbonate-producing biota, but have never …