The APLABES Programme: Physical, Chemical and Biological Characterization of Deep-Water Coral Ecosystems from the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean)
Volume 57, Issues 5-6 of Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography characterize the physical, chemical, and biological components of deep-water coral ecosystems in the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean).
Global climate change and coral reefs: Rising temperatures, acidification and the need for resilient reefs
"There is strong international consensus that climate change and ocean acidification are already affecting shallow water corals and their symbiosis with dinoflagellate algae. There are vast areas of deep-sea corals that are also being affected; these larg...
"As one of the most isolated archipelagos in the world, Hawaii possesses some of the highest levels of marine endemic species in the world. This chain of islands stretches for more than 2,500 km from the island of Hawaii in the southeast to Kure Atoll (th...
Global climate change and coral reefs: Reef temperature perspectives covering the last century
"Temperatures and thermal stress at reef locations around the globe have generally increased over the past 128 years with regional trends in the range of 0.24-0.59 degrees C per century. For most coral reef regions the levels of thermal stress are unprece...
"The local diversity and global richness of coral reef fishes, along with the diversity manifested in their morphology, behaviour and ecology, provides fascinating and diverse opportunities for study. Reflecting the very latest research in a broad and eve...
"Ecological study of coral reef fishes is shifting from a reef patch-centric approach to a broader scale seascape perspective using concepts and techniques from landscape ecology. This change has occurred in response to increasing evidence that many reef?...
"Australia's Great Barrier Reef (the GBR) is an iconic natural ecosystem, globally renowned for its majesty and grandeur. The GBR encompasses a vast array of unique and important marine and terrestrial habitats, from deepwater reefs to archetypal barrier ...
"Coral reef scientists and managers were fortunate to have an early warning system in place prior to the damaging events of 2005. This chapter is a log of events that occurred in the Caribbean during 2005 and is largely based on messages sent out, and sub...
"While there is often a perspective that hurricanes are only destructive and disastrous events, they also provide ecological benefits to tropical and sub-tropical environments. Rainfall gives a boost to wetlands and flushes out lagoons, removing waste and...
Remote Sensing and Modeling: Advances in Coastal and Marine Resources
"A new paradigm has emerged for management of coral reefs in an era of changing climate managing for resilience. A fundamental need for such management to be effective is our ability to measure and map coral reef resilience. We review the resilience conce...
The APLABES Programme: Physical, Chemical and Biological Characterization of Deep-Water Coral Ecosystems from the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean)
"The local diversity and global richness of coral reef fishes, along with the diversity manifested in their morphology, behaviour and ecology, provides fascinating and diverse opportunities for study. Reflecting the very latest research in a broad and eve...
"Ecological study of coral reef fishes is shifting from a reef patch-centric approach to a broader scale seascape perspective using concepts and techniques from landscape ecology. This change has occurred in response to increasing evidence that many reef?...