Trait-based approaches advance ecological and evolutionary research because traits
provide a strong link to an organism's function and fitness. Trait-based research might lead …

Scleractinian (hard) corals are fundamental to the geomorphology, biodiversity, and
structure of coral reef ecosystems (Goreau 1963, Hoegh-Guldberg 2004, Pratchett et al …

Various geochemical tracers measured in massive coral skeletons have the potential to
compliment other sources of high-resolution proxy climate information (eg tree rings, ice …

Abstract Five years (1998, 2000–2003) of summer records of temperature, nutrients and
dissolved oxygen concentrations in the upper 400 m of the water column of the northern Gulf …

Six percent of the world's coral reefs occur around the Arabian Peninsula, providing a
valuable ecological, economic and scientific resource for the nations bordering its shores …

Annually banded reef corals from the northern Red Sea provide a high-resolution archive of
past climate variations at the southeastern rim of the Mediterranean basin. Subseasonally …

(1) Background: The Gulf of Aqaba (GoA) supports unique and diverse marine ecosystems.
It is one of the highest anthropogenically impacted coasts in the Middle East region, where …

Falling between seasonal cycle variability and the impact of local drivers, the sea level in the
Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has been given less consideration, especially with large-scale …

This study explores the giant oyster Hyotissa hyotis as a novel environmental archive in
tropical reef environments of the Indo-Pacific. The species is a typical accessory component …

The nature of tropical climate variability∼ 350 ka is addressed using δ18O and Sr/Ca
records from a modern and a fossil coral from Vanuatu (southwestern tropical Pacific …