Climate change threatens coral reefs by causing heat stress events that lead to widespread
coral bleaching and mortality. Given the global nature of these mass coral mortality events …

Coral reef ecosystems are exceptionally complex with a myriad of trophic pathways and
consumer relationships. The application of stable isotopes (SIs) offers numerous …

Ecology plays a central role in the management and conservation of ecosystems. However,
as coral restoration emerges as an increasingly popular method of confronting the global …

Parrotfishes (Scarini) are considered key agents in coral reef health and recovery, but the
drivers of parrotfish–coral dynamics remain contentious. The prevailing view of parrotfishes …

The upper and lower jaws of some wrasses (Eupercaria: Labridae) possess teeth that have
been coalesced into a strong durable beak that they use to graze on hard coral skeletons …

Understanding how functional traits drive plant-herbivore interactions often illuminates the
mechanisms driving niche partitioning and functional diversity in this important guild of …

Projected future climate scenarios anticipate a warmer tropical ocean and changes in
surface currents that will likely influence the survival of marine organisms and the …

Sponges (Porifera) are a key component of many coral reef ecosystems. In some
biogeographic regions, they are considered the dominant benthic fauna and they have the …

Parrotfishes and surgeonfishes are major Caribbean herbivores that primarily graze reef
algae and thereby play an important functional role in indirectly promoting coral recruitment …

Defenses that target particular consumers often influence community organization,
ecosystem function, and diversity maintenance. In coral reef, mangrove, and seagrass …