Sexual reproduction by scleractinian reef corals is important for maintaining coral
populations and evolutionary processes. The ongoing global renaissance in coral …

Specimens of the brooding reef coral Favia fragum were found on man-made flotsam
stranded on the North Sea shore of the Netherlands. Based on the associated epifauna …

Ocean acidification (OA) threatens the existence of coral reefs by slowing the rate of calcium
carbonate (CaCO 3) production of framework-building corals thus reducing the amount of …

In coral reef conservation and management, the prevailing metric of reef health is percent
coral cover, a measurement commonly used with the assumption that each unit of live coral …

Coral barium to calcium (Ba/Ca) ratios have been used to reconstruct records of upwelling,
river and groundwater discharge, and sediment and dust input to the coastal ocean …

Reproductive timing in corals is associated with environmental variables including
temperature, lunar periodicity, and seasonality. Although it is clear that these variables are …

Recent research has documented phenotypic differences among larvae released from
corals with a brooding reproductive mode, both among species and within broods from a …

The brooding reproductive mode in scleractinian corals is often associated with high
recruitment success facilitating replenishment of populations following disturbance events …

Ocean acidification (OA) threatens coral reef ecosystems by slowing calcification and
enhancing dissolution of calcifying organisms and sediments. Nevertheless, multiple factors …

Numerous studies addressing annual timing of planulation in scleractinians document a
tightly synchronized process that coincides with lunar periodicity. In contrast, diel variation …