Ecosystems worldwide are under increasing threat. We applied a standardized method for
assessing the risk of ecosystem collapse, the International Union for Conservation of Nature …

More frequent global warming events, biological disasters, and anthropogenic activities
have caused extensive damage to coral reefs around the world. Coral reefs in the Xisha …

Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse and human dependence on their ecosystem
services is high. Reefs experience significant direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures …

Coral disease has progressively become one of the most pressing issues affecting coral reef
survival. In the last 50 years, several reefs throughout the Caribbean have been severely …

Species morpho-functional traits provide general and predictable rules to understand the
dynamics of ecological communities; therefore, considering species identity is crucial in …

Over the last four decades the Mexican Caribbean has experienced intensive coastal
development, and change on the reef system condition has already been observed. This …

Artificial reefs are now commonly used as a tool to restore degraded coral reefs and have a
proven potential to enhance biodiversity. Despite this, there is currently a limited …

The popularity of ecotourism in Kish Island located off the southern coast of Iran in the
Persian Gulf has increased over the last 30 years with a large development of a SCUBA …

Indonesian coral reefs are under pressure from illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing,
the use of destructive fishing practices, land-based pollution, coastal development and …

Tropical marine ecosystems are highly biodiverse and provide resources for small-scale
fisheries and tourism. However, precise information on fish spatial distribution is lacking …