Corals' obligate association with unicellular dinoflagellates, family Symbiodiniaceae form
the foundation of coral reefs. For nearly a century, researchers have delved into …

While scleractinian coral populations continue to diminish throughout the Caribbean,
gorgonian corals are showing signs of resilience and in some areas are thriving. Despite …

Global climate change not only leads to elevated seawater temperatures but also to episodic
anomalously high or low temperatures lasting for several hours to days. Scleractinian corals …

Although octocorals are a key component of marine hard-bottom systems, their feeding
performance is still poorly understood. Understanding carbon budget trends in octocorals' …

As nonbiodegradable plastics continue to pollute our land and oceans, countries are starting
to ban the use of single-use plastics. In this paper, we demonstrated the fabrication of wood …

In the Caribbean, gorgonian corals dominate many coral reefs, while scleractinian coral
cover has declined. Gorgonian corals deal with stressors such as lesions caused by wave …

Corals inhabit oligotrophic waters, thriving amidst limited nutrients such as nitrogen and
phosphorous. When nutrient levels increase, usually due to human activity, the symbiosis of …

Global warming of the oceans poses a double threat to benthic organisms as they reach
their thermal limits and starve to death due to declines in plankton abundance during heat …

Reef-forming cnidarians are extremely susceptible to the “bleaching” phenomenon caused
by global warming. The effect of elevated seawater temperature has been extensively …

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can exacerbate the effects of elevated seawater temperatures
concomitant with climate change. Such stressors can collapse the mutualism of scleractinian …