The term “microbiome” was first coined in 1988 and given the definition of a characteristic
microbial community occupying a reasonably well defined habitat which has distinct physio …

Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Echinoderm mass mortality events shape marine ecosystems by altering the dynamics
among major benthic groups. The sea urchin Diadema antillarum, virtually extirpated in the …

An outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), emerged on reefs off the coast of
southeast Florida in 2014 and continues to spread throughout Florida's Reef Tract. SCTLD is …

Determining the adaptive potential of foundation species, such as reef-building corals, is
urgent as the oceans warm and coral populations decline. Theory predicts that corals may …

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was first observed in Florida in 2014 and has since
spread to multiple coral reefs across the wider Caribbean. The northern section of Florida's …

Abstract Since 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has led to mass mortality of
the majority of hard coral species on the Florida Reef Tract. Following the successful …

Over the past 40 years, two of the dominant reef-building corals in the Caribbean,
Acroporaápalmata and Acroporaácervicornis, have experienced unprecedented declines …

Although it is well established that the microbial communities inhabiting corals perform key
functions that promote the health and persistence of their hosts, little is known about their …

Rising seawater temperature associated with global climate change is a significant threat to
coral health and is linked to increasing coral disease and pathogen-related bleaching …