A stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak, first widely reported in 2014 in the
Southeast Florida Ecosystem Conservation Area (Coral ECA), has continued to impact stony …

Coral reef habitat is created when calcium carbonate production by calcifiers exceeds
removal by physical and biological erosion. Carbonate budget surveys provide a means of …

Coral-associated bacterial communities are paramount for coral ecosystems and holobiont
health. However, the role of symbiotic bacteria in the adaptation of high-latitude corals to …

Climate change is viewed as the primary threat to coral reefs, with local pressures
exacerbating coral cover decline. The consensus is that improving water quality may …

Acute disturbances and chronic pressures have an important and increasing influence on
the structure of coral reef communities. For the viability of benthic taxa such as stony corals …

Climate plays a central role in coral-reef development, especially in marginal environments.
The high-latitude reefs of southeast Florida are currently non-accreting, relict systems with …

The Anthropocene rise in global temperatures is facilitating the expansion of tropical species
into historically non-native subtropical locales, including coral reef fish. This redistribution of …

Coral reefs in southeast Florida have experienced severe losses in coral cover and diversity
in recent decades, primarily due to disease outbreaks and bleaching events exacerbated by …

Rare species population dynamics can elucidate the resilience of an ecosystem. On coral
reefs, climate change and local anthropogenic stressors are threatening stony coral …

The presence and abundance of reef-building corals are crucial to the long-term existence
of Caribbean coral reef ecosystems, providing both direct and indirect, local and global …