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Atolls

Influence of land-use history and ENSO on the flora of the Southern Line Islands

Lauren Nerfa, J. Michael Fay, Allyson Earl, Alan M. Friedlander, Enric Sala, Tamara Ticktin

published 06 Feb 2026

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Initial coral assemblage drives benthic community response to different disturbance type events

Ahmyia J. Cacapit, Anela K. Akiona, Esmeralda A. Alcantar, Alex Araújo, Isa Bersamin, Ninoshka Betancourt, Daeyla’ Boyd, Bostony Braoudakis, Zachary Capilitan, Angelica Dimas, Theresa Duncan, Clinton B. Edwards, Audrey Ellias, Beverly J. French, Nahir Guadaloupe, Charles Hambley, Maxine Hauser, Nikki Jackson, Phi Lang, Mary Liesegang, Orion McCarthy, Nicole Pedersen, Elena Pilch, Samantha Scheibler, Rex Shettlesworth, Jackson Shoultz, Blake Stoner-Osborne, Brian J. Zgliczynski, Stuart A. Sandin

published 29 May 2025

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Impacts of a prolonged marine heatwave and chronic local human disturbance on juvenile coral assemblages

Kristina L. Tietjen, Nelson F. Perks, Niallan C. O’Brien, Julia K. Baum

published 25 Feb 2025

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Navigating uncertainty in environmental DNA detection of a nuisance marine macroalga

Patrick K. Nichols, Kaʻuaʻoa M. S. Fraiola, Alison R. Sherwood, Brian B. Hauk, Keolohilani H. Lopes Jr, Colt A. Davis, James T. Fumo, Chelsie W. W. Counsell, Taylor M. Williams, Heather L. Spalding, Peter B. Marko

published 04 Feb 2025

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Coral growth along a natural gradient of seawater temperature, pH, and oxygen in a nearshore seagrass bed on Dongsha Atoll, Taiwan

Ariel K. Pezner, Travis A. Courtney, Wen-Chen Chou, Hui-Chuan Chu, Benjamin W. Frable, Samuel A. H. Kekuewa, Keryea Soong, Yi Wei, Andreas J. Andersson

published 23 Oct 2024

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New species and record of Dodecaceria (Annelida: Cirratulidae) the Biological Reserve of Rocas Atoll, Brazil, the only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean

Christine Ruta, Davi Moreira Mundim, Roberta Freitas, Rannyele P. Ribeiro

published 23 Oct 2023

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Evaluation of sea turtle morbidity and mortality within the Indian Ocean from 12 years of data shows high prevalence of ghost net entanglement

Katrina Himpson, Simon Dixon, Thomas Le Berre

published 09 Aug 2023

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A brighter future? Stable and growing sea turtle populations in the Republic of Maldives

Jillian A. Hudgins, Emma J. Hudgins, Stephanie Köhnk, Enas Mohamed Riyad, Martin R. Stelfox

published 26 Apr 2023

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Linear breakwater reefs of the greater Caribbean: Classification, distribution & morphology

Paul Blanchon, Alexis E. Medina-Valmaseda, Eduardo Islas-Domínguez, Edlin Guerra-Castro, David Blakeway, Joaquín Rodrigo Garza Pérez, Adan Guillermo Jordan-Garza, Ismael Mariño-Tapia, Paula A. Zapata-Ramírez

published 23 Nov 2022

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Transforming Palmyra Atoll to native-tree dominance will increase net carbon storage and reduce dissolved organic carbon reef runoff

Kate Longley-Wood, Mary Engels, Kevin D. Lafferty, John P. McLaughlin, Alex Wegmann

published 21 Jan 2022

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First insights into coral recruit and juvenile abundances at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Anna Koester, Amanda K. Ford, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Valentina Migani, Nancy Bunbury, Cheryl Sanchez, Christian Wild

published 07 Dec 2021

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Nation-wide assessment of the distribution and population size of the data-deficient nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)

Francesco Garzon, Rachel T. Graham, Ivy Baremore, Dan Castellanos, Hilmar Salazar, Cynthia Xiu, Zeddy Seymour, Matthew J. Witt, Lucy A. Hawkes

published 24 Aug 2021

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Coral reefs in the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati: Resistance, resilience, and recovery after more than a decade of multiple stressors

Sara E. Cannon, Erietera Aram, Toaea Beiateuea, Aranteiti Kiareti, Max Peter, Simon D. Donner

published 11 Aug 2021

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