This paper briefly reviews coral–algal phase shifts on coral reefs, with particular regard to
summarizing the exogenous and endogenous factors in support of a proposed conceptual …

Simple Summary Coral reefs are vital ecosystems with high biodiversity and ecological
services for coastal communities. Climate change is accelerating, with detrimental …

Degradation of coral reef ecosystems began centuries ago, but there is no global summary
of the magnitude of change. We compiled records, extending back thousands of years, of the …

Estuarine Ecohydrology, Second Edition, provides an ecohydrology viewpoint of an estuary
as an ecosystem by focusing on its principal components, the river, the estuarine waters, the …

Macroalgae, hard corals, octocorals, and fish were surveyed on 10 to 13 inshore coral reefs
of the Great Barrier Reef, along a water quality gradient in two regions with contrasting …

The persistence of populations of marine organisms depends on the success of the dual
processes of reproduction and recruitment. The production of offspring alone is …

The objective of this research focused on the utility of QuickBird multispectral data for
identifying and classifying tropical-marine benthic habitats after applying atmospheric and …

Marine plants colonise several interconnected ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef region
including tidal wetlands, seagrass meadows and coral reefs. Water quality in some coastal …

Six reef sites were chosen along the west coast of the southern islands of Singapore, at an
increasing distance from the densely populated metropolitan area, to study the spatial …

To reduce sediment exports discharging to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), it is essential to
identify the sources of exported sediment. We used modelling of spatial sediment budgets …