The 1998 bleaching event and its aftermath on a coral reef in Belize
"Widespread thermal anomalies in 1997-1998, due primarily to regional effects of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation and possibly augmented by global warming, caused severe coral bleaching worldwide. Corals in all habitats along the Belizean barrier reef blea...
Repeat bleaching of a central Pacific coral reef over the past six decades (1960-2016)
"The oceans are warming and coral reefs are bleaching with increased frequency and severity, fueling concerns for their survival through this century. Yet in the central equatorial Pacific, some of the world's most productive reefs regularly experience ex...
Ecology of a corallivorous gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, on two scleractinian hosts. I: Population structure of snails and corals
"Despite their potential importance in structuring reef communities, invertebrate corallivores and their population structures are poorly understood. We found distinct differences in the population structures (length-frequency distribution and sex ratio) ...
Ecology of a corallivorous gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, on two scleractinian hosts. II: Feeding, respiration, and growth
"Coralliophila abbreviata is a corallivorous gastropod that has been observed to cause large feeding scars on reef-building corals on Floridian and Caribbean reefs. We detected differences in the population structure (length-frequency distribution and sex...
Sleeping functional group drives coral-reef recovery
"The world's coral reefs are in decline, with many exhibiting a phase shift from coral to macroalgal dominance. This change is often associated with habitat loss and overharvesting of herbivorous fishes, particularly parrotfishes and surgeonfishes. The ch...
Incorporating climate and ocean change into extinction risk assessments for 82 coral species
"Many marine invertebrate species facing potential extinction have uncertain taxonomies and poorly known demographic and ecological traits. Uncertainties are compounded when potential extinction drivers are climate and ocean changes whose effects on even ...
Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks
"Very little is known about how environmental changes such as increasing temperature affect disease dynamics in the ocean, especially at large spatial scales. We asked whether the frequency of warm temperature anomalies is positively related to the freque...
Conservation and Community Benefits from Traditional Coral Reef Management at Ahus Island, Papua New Guinea
"We investigated traditional coral reef management practices at Ahus Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, to evaluate their social role in the community and potential to conserve reef ecosystems. For generations, Ahus Islanders have prohibited spear ...
Expectations and outcomes of reserve network performance following re-zoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
"Networks of no-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are widely advocated for preserving exploited fish stocks and for conserving biodiversity. We used underwater visual surveys of coral reef fish and benthic communities to quantify the short- to medium-term (5 t...
Characterization of macrofaunal assemblages associated with sponges and tunicates collected off the southeastern United States
"Sponges can serve as hosts to invertebrate assemblages that live and reproduce within them. Sponges also constitute a major part of the benthic epifaunal community on the continental shelf of the southeastern United States; however, little is known about...
The 1998 bleaching event and its aftermath on a coral reef in Belize