Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations

PJ Edmunds - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral recruitment describes the addition of new individuals to populations, and it is one of
the most fundamental demographic processes contributing to population size. As many coral …

Crustose coralline algae can contribute more than corals to coral reef carbonate production

CE Cornwall, J Carlot, O Branson… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the drivers of net coral reef calcium carbonate production is increasingly
important as ocean warming, acidification, and other anthropogenic stressors threaten the …

[HTML][HTML] Soft alchemy: a comprehensive guide to chemical reactions for pneumatic soft actuation

M Villeda-Hernandez, BC Baker, C Romero… - Soft Science, 2024 - oaepublish.com
Soft robotics has emerged as a transformative field, leveraging bio-inspired novel actuation
mechanisms to enable more adaptable, compliant, and sophisticated robotic systems …

Coral reef structural complexity loss exposes coastlines to waves

J Carlot, M Vousdoukas, A Rovere, T Karambas… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Coral reefs offer natural coastal protection by attenuating incoming waves. Here we combine
unique coral disturbance-recovery observations with hydrodynamic models to quantify how …

Dangerous demographics in post-bleach corals reveal boom-bust versus protracted declines

J Morais, RA Morais, SB Tebbett, MS Pratchett… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Thermal-stress events have changed the structure, biodiversity, and functioning of coral
reefs. But how these disturbances affect the dynamics of individual coral colonies remains …

Recovery trends of reef carbonate budgets at remote coral atolls 6 years post‐bleaching

ID Lange, CT Perry, M Stuhr - Limnology and Oceanography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral bleaching events and resultant changes in benthic community composition and
population size structure can diminish the important geo‐ecological functions reefs provide …

High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts

F Chong, B Sommer, G Stant, N Verano, J Cant… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic impacts are typically detrimental to tropical coral reefs, but the effect of
increasing environmental stress and variability on the size structure of coral communities …

Scaling up calcification, respiration, and photosynthesis rates of six prominent coral taxa

J Carlot, H Rouzé, DR Barneche… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs provide a range of important services to humanity, which are underpinned by
community‐level ecological processes such as coral calcification. Estimating these …

Marine heatwaves imperil emblematic reef fishes by altering the energetic landscape of coral reefs

RF Semmler, G Martineau… - Journal of Animal …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves are increasingly common due to human‐induced climate change. Under
prolonged thermal stress on coral reefs, corals can undergo bleaching, leading to mass …

Population structure change in a temperate reef coral after a quarter of century

A Azzola, CN Bianchi, C Morri, A Oprandi… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seawater warming is affecting corals worldwide. Mass mortality events are increasingly
frequent, and the bioconstruction potential of coral reefs is jeopardized. Revisiting sites …