Survival, rarity, and extinction in tropical stony corals
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.Abstract Many reef‐building tropical corals are becoming rare. We considered the meaning of rarity in corals and highlighted taxa that have reached low abundances in the last few decades. The difficulties of quantifying rarity in the marine environment arise from the sheer scale and 3‐dimensional nature of the biome and the inherent challenges therein ...
Bryan Wilson, Peter J. Edmunds
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Acropora (Scleractinia) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe: species longevity, origination and turnover following the Eocene–Oligocene transition [PDF]
, 2015 Four new species and new records for six species of the highly successful reef-building coral genus Acropora are described from Oligocene and Early Miocene (Rupelian to Burdigalian) localities in Europe. Acropora slovenica sp. nov.
BOSELLINI, Francesca, Wallace, C. C.
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Cold-water corals build up reef structures or coral gardens and play an important role for many organisms in the deep sea. Climate change, deep-sea mining, and bottom trawling are severely compromising these ecosystems, making it all the more important ...
Severin A. Korfhage +6 more
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The ancient evolutionary origins of Scleractinia revealed by azooxanthellate corals
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 Background Scleractinian corals are currently a focus of major interest because of their ecological importance and the uncertain fate of coral reefs in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressure.
Stolarski Jarosław +5 more
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Checklist of cnidarians from Pakistani waters [PDF]
Check List, 2015 We present a species list of the marine cnidarians recorded from the Pakistani waters, northern Arabian Sea. It comprises a total of 119 species distributed in 41 families, 14 orders and 4 classes.
Shahnawaz Gul +3 more
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Status Persentase Tutupan Karang Scleractinia Di Pulau Bunaken (Taman Nasional Bunaken) Dan Di Pantai Malalayang, Pesisir Kota Manado [PDF]
, 2017 Karang scleractinia atau karang batu merupakan karang pembentuk terumbu. Sehingga penentuan status kondisi karang batu menjadi bagian penting dan sangat menentukan peran ekologis dan ekonomis ekosistim terumbu karang.
Caroles, E. (Emma) +2 more
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Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 1, January–February 2026.Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding using ITS2 markers reliably recovered 18 coral genera, with strong overlap but also complementary detections compared to benthic transect surveys. eDNA uniquely identified several cryptic genera, while some common genera were only recovered by traditional surveys, highlighting method‐specific biases.
Boxian Wen +3 more
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M/V WELLWOOD Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Report, Monitoring Events 2004-2006. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monroe County, Florida [PDF]
, 2007 This document presents the results of the first two monitoring events to track the recovery of a repaired coral reef injured by the M/V Wellwood vessel grounding incident of August 4, 1984.
Anderson, Jeff +4 more
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Biodiversity of Spongosorites coralliophaga (Stephens, 1915) on coral rubble at two contrasting cold-water coral reef settings [PDF]
, 2015 The authors would like to thank Bill Richardson (Master), the crew of the RRS James Cook, Will Handley and the Holland-I ROV team. We also thank all the specialists in taxonomy that provided important help with identification of species: Professor Paul ...
Henry, Lea-Anne +3 more
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Coral Venom and Toxins as Protection Against Crown‐of‐Thorns Sea Star Attack
Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Crown‐of‐thorns sea star (CoTS) outbreaks are a main cause of hard coral cover decline across the Indo‐Pacific, posing a major threat to the resilience of coral reefs. However, the drivers underlying CoTS feeding on preferred (e.g., Acropora species) versus non‐preferred (e.g., Porites species) are poorly understood. We hypothesised that coral
Lucy M. Gorman +4 more
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