Impacts of nitrogen pollution on corals in the context of global climate change and potential strategies to conserve coral reefs

H Zhao, M Yuan, M Strokal, HC Wu, X Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ocean warming has severe impacts on coral reef ecosystems with frequent incidences of
coral bleaching. In addition, eutrophication poses an increasing threat to coral reef …

[HTML][HTML] Corals at the edge of environmental limits: A new conceptual framework to re-define marginal and extreme coral communities

V Schoepf, JH Baumann, DJ Barshis… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide decline of coral reefs has renewed interest in coral communities at the edge
of environmental limits because they have the potential to serve as resilience hotspots and …

Assessment of the utility of underwater hyperspectral imaging for surveying and monitoring coral reef ecosystems

MS Mills, M Ungermann, G Rigot, J den Haan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Technological innovations that improve the speed, scale, reproducibility, and accuracy of
monitoring surveys will allow for a better understanding of the global decline in tropical reef …

Hotspots of Cenozoic tropical marine biodiversity

M Yasuhara, HHM Huang, M Reuter… - … and Marine Biology, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Hotspots of tropical marine biodiversity are areas that harbour disproportionately large
numbers of species compared to surrounding regions. The richness and location of these …

Submarine Groundwater Discharge Strengthens Acidification in the Coastal Semi‐Closed Bays

Y Liu, Y Song, JJ Jiao - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal ocean acidification is a worldwide problem associated with anthropogenic activity
and climate change. In this study, a close relationship between submarine groundwater …

Contingency planning for coral reefs in the Anthropocene; The potential of reef safe havens

EF Camp - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Reducing the global reliance on fossil fuels is essential to ensure the long-term survival of
coral reefs, but until this happens, alternative tools are required to safeguard their future …

Ecological effects of predator harvesting and environmental noises on oceanic coral reefs

X Zhao, L Liu, H Wang, M Fan - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2023 - Springer
Coral reefs provide refuge for prey and are important for the preservation of an oceanic
ecosystem. However, they have been experiencing severe destruction by environmental …

First report on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in coral communities from the Northern South China sea: Occurrence, seasonal variation, and interspecies …

L Xu, H Chen, X Han, K Yu, Y Wang, B Du… - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the contamination levels and seasonal variation of 22 PFASs were investigated
in coastal reef-building corals (n= 68) from the northern South China Sea (SCS) during wet …

Assessing effects of sediment delivery to coral reefs: A Caribbean watershed perspective

CS Rogers, CE Ramos-Scharrón - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs in the western Atlantic and Caribbean are deteriorating primarily from disease
outbreaks, increasing seawater temperatures, and stress due to land-based sources of …

Coral reefs in transition: Temporal photoquadrat analyses and validation of underwater hyperspectral imaging for resource-efficient monitoring in Guam

MS Mills, M Ungermann, G Rigot, J den Haan, JX Leon… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The island of Guam in the west Pacific has seen a significant decrease in coral cover since
2013. Lafac Bay, a marine protected area in northeast Guam, served as a reference site for …