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Reefs

Unraveling the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary event across the Gulf of Mexico—High-resolution Rayon reef section, Valles-San Luis Potosi platform, Mexico

Roberto Bartali, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jose Ramon Torres-Hernandez, Ligia Perez-Cruz, Rosa Lina Tovar-Tovar

published 22 Apr 2026

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Space use of juvenile green turtles along the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica

Fanqi Wu, Veronica Valverde-Cantillo, Chelsea Durr, Mario Espinoza, Maike Heidemeyer, Christopher G. Lowe, James R. Spotila, Frank V. Paladino

published 20 Apr 2026

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Evaluating pump-assisted larval transfer for scaling coral larval restoration interventions

Chelsea Waters, Marine Gouezo, Peter L. Harrison, Christopher Doropoulos

published 17 Apr 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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GAN-based underwater image enhancement and scene classification using transfer learning

Amani Homoud, Saptarshi Das

published 27 Mar 2026

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Habitat context affects sediment nitrogen burial by restored Eastern Oyster reefs

Anne Margaret H. Smiley, F. Joel Fodrie, Jonathan H. Grabowski, Antonio B. Rodriguez, Suzanne P. Thompson, Michael F. Piehler

published 25 Mar 2026

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Unveiling hidden rocky reefs of the Mexican Atlantic coast: Topographic characterization and benthic community dynamics along the North Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Ileana Ortegón-Aznar, Johnny Omar Valdez-Iuit, Armin N. Tuz-Sulub, Alain Duran

published 24 Mar 2026

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Growth rates of coral reefs peaked at 25 °C through the Holocene

Tonya Macedo, Robert van Woesik

published 11 Mar 2026

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Remnant hollowed out dead coral skeleton branches defer coral community recovery

Kathryn C. Scafidi, Kyle W. Fouke, Mayandi Sivaguru, Bruce W. Fouke, Peter J. Edmunds

published 11 Mar 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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Seafloor vegetation map of man-made boulders reef by underwater photogrammetry: Suggestions for site selections in macroalgal bed creations

Takayuki Kanki, Wataru Sano, Masami Sannoh, Hironobu Kan

published 02 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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Long-term effects of a severe tropical cyclone on coral reef habitat and fish assemblages at the Whitsunday Islands, central Great Barrier Reef

Maya Srinivasan, Gemma F. Galbraith, Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Benjamin J. Cresswell, Sina J. Strähl, David H. Williamson

published 25 Feb 2026

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