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Reef ecosystems

Comparison of fish biomass and fish carbon content associated with reef sites at the Rio Grande Valley artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico

Allison K. White, Md Saydur Rahman, Richard J. Kline

published 04 Jun 2026

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Coral restoration alters reef soundscapes but machine learning and manual analyses suggest different recovery rates

Emily Maria Croasdale, Luca Saponari, Charlotte Dale, Nirmal Shah, Ben Williams, Timothy A. C. Lamont

published 27 May 2026

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Benthic bacteria communities of coral reefs are shaped by sediment properties rather than coral trophic state

Ana Olmos Pin, Graeme F. Clark, Raphael Burkart-Radtke, Jakob Quade, Stephanie G. Gardner

published 03 Apr 2026

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Towards a systematic framework to assess restoration success of interventions in coral reef ecosystems

Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Eva Salas, Jennifer Humberstone, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

published 09 Mar 2026

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Two decades of skeletal density decline in Pocillopora spp. corals in the Mexican Pacific Ocean: Insight into a tropical eastern Pacific acidification scenario?

Andrés López-Pérez, Omar Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Héctor Reyes-Bonilla, Rafael A. Cabral-Tena, Gerardo Leyte-Morales, Francisco Medellín-Maldonado, Orión Norzagaray-López, Cecilia Chapa-Balcorta

published 26 Feb 2026

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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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Species diversity within morpho-functional groups drives diversity dependence in reef ecosystems

Anupama Chandroth, Claudia C. Johnson

published 17 Dec 2025

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Unprecedented 2020 coral bleaching reveals unexpected taxa-specific responses in the central Red Sea

Natalie Dunn, Fabio Marchese, Catherine S. McFadden, Laura Macrina, Marta Ezeta Watts, Megan K. B. Nolan, Francesca Giovenzana, Francesca Benzoni

published 09 Sep 2025

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Why partner? Harnessing value from collaborative sustainable business models to restore coral reefs at scale

Taryn M. Kong, Bruce Taylor, Victoria Graham

published 16 Dec 2024

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Reef visitors’ observation of assisted coral recovery devices in situ reduces concern about their use

Matthew I. Curnock, Rhea Arya, Emilee Chamberland, Katherine Chartrand, John Edmondson, Eric E. Fisher, Rebecca Forster, Stewart Lockie, Jennifer Loder, Danielle Nembhard, Abigail Scott, Bruce Taylor, Jasmina Uusitalo

published 08 Nov 2024

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Spatiotemporal variations of zooplankton community structure in the oyster (Crassostrea gigas)-macroalgae reef dual ecosystems adjacent to Luanhe River Estuary

Min Xu, Qi Zhao, Shenzhi Wang, Yun Wang, Jiabin Shen, Yi Zhang, Linlin Yang, Kaida Xu, Xiaolong Hou, Yunling Zhang, Haipeng Zhang, Takayoshi Otaki, Teruhisa Komatsu, Yufu Xu

published 08 Aug 2024

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Moonlight-driven biological choruses in Hawaiian coral reefs

Daniel Duane, Simon Freeman, Lauren Freeman

published 20 Mar 2024

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Sclerochronological characteristics of Orbicella faveolata in Cayo Arenas, a remote coral reef from the Gulf of Mexico

D. Wendoline Sánchez-Pelcastre, J. J. Adolfo Tortolero-Langarica, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Israel Cruz-Ortega, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet

published 14 Nov 2023

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