Scientists have advocated for local interventions, such as creating marine protected areas
and implementing fishery restrictions, as ways to mitigate local stressors to limit the effects of …

Corals are fundamental ecosystem engineers, creating large, intricate reefs that support
diverse and abundant marine life. At the core of a healthy coral animal is a dynamic …

Profiling phylogenetic marker genes, such as the 16S rRNA gene, is a key tool for studies of
microbial communities but does not provide direct evidence of a community's functional …

Allelopathy is the biological phenomenon of chemical interactions between living organisms
in the ecosystem, and must be taken into account in addressing pest and weed problems in …

The marine environment is home to a taxonomically diverse ecosystem. Organisms such as
algae, molluscs, sponges, corals, and tunicates have evolved to survive the high …

Marine environment has demonstrated to be an interesting source of compounds with
uncommon and unique chemical features on which the molecular modeling and chemical …

Carotenoids are natural pigments known for their various health benefits for humans
together with various other applications in diverse industries. Considering the high market …

Coral reefs are in global decline, converting from dominance by coral to dominance by
seaweed. Once seaweeds become abundant, coral recovery is suppressed unless …

Prey traits linking consumer diversity to ecosystem function remain poorly understood. On
tropical coral reefs, herbivores promote coral dominance by suppressing competing …

Diverse ecologically important metabolites, such as allelochemicals, infochemicals and
volatile organic chemicals, are involved in marine organismal interactions. Chemically …