Mitochondrial genes have been used extensively in population genetic and
phylogeographical analyses, in part due to a high rate of nucleotide substitution in animal …

Coral reefs have suffered long‐term decline due to a range of anthropogenic disturbances
and are now also under threat from climate change. For appropriate management of these …

Sea surface temperatures were warmer throughout 1998 at Sesoko Island, Japan, than in
the 10 preceding years. Temperatures peaked at 2.8° C above average, resulting in …

The movements of larvae between marine populations are difficult to follow directly and
have been the subject of much controversy, especially in the Caribbean. The debate centres …

Marine invertebrates representing at least five phyla are symbiotic with dinoflagellates from
the genus Symbiodinium. This group of single-celled protists was once considered to be a …

Coral reef conservation requires information about the distance over which healthy reefs can
rescue damaged reefs through input of coral larvae. This information is desperately needed …

Larval settlement rates, genetic structure, and gene flow of broadcast-spawning (Acropora
tenuis) and planula-brooding (Stylophora pistillata) corals (Scleractinia) were compared …

The expanse of deep water between the c entral P acific islands and the continental shelf of
the E astern T ropical P acific is regarded as the world's most potent marine biogeographic …

The azooxanthellate scleractinian coral Lophelia pertusa has a near‐cosmopolitan
distribution, with a main depth distribution between 200 and 1000 m. In the northeast Atlantic …

The genotypic composition of populations of the asexually viviparous coral Pocillopora
damicornis varies in a manner that challenges classical models of the roles of sexual and …