Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary contains a moderately diverse coral reef community (150 coral species, 259 fish species) that is protected from most human activities. The coral community was devastated by a crown-of-thorns starfish invasion in 1979 and has recently been affected by two major hurricanes (1990 and 1991) and a period of unusually high water temperature (1994). Long-term mon...

In the face of increasing climate-related impacts on coral reefs, the integration of ecosystem resilience into marine conservation planning has become a priority. One strategy, including resilient areas in marine protected area (MPA) networks, relies on information on the spatial distribution of resilience. We assess the ability to model and map six indicators of coral reef resilience—stress-to...

Increasing intensity of marine heatwaves has caused widespread mass coral bleaching events, threatening the integrity and functional diversity of coral reefs. Here we demonstrate the role of inter-ocean coupling in amplifying thermal stress on reefs in the poorly studied southeast Indian Ocean (SEIO), through a robust 215-year (1795-2010) geochemical coral proxy sea surface temperature (SST) re...

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1. H. Kayanne, A. Suzuki, H. Saito, Science 269, 214 (1995). 2. D. W. Kinsey, in Perspectives on Coral Reefs, D. J. Barnes Ed. (Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia, 1983), pp. 209-220. 3. __ Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congress (Tahiti) 4, 505 (1985). 4. D. H. H. K0hImann, Ambio 17, 14 (1988). 5. __, Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congress (Tahiti) 6, 503 (1985). 6. R. J....

Understanding how genetic diversity is maintained across patchy marine environments remains a fundamental problem in marine biology. The Coral Triangle, located in the Indo-West Pacific, is the centre of marine biodiversity and has been proposed as an important source of genetic diversity for remote Pacific reefs. Several studies highlight Micronesia, a scattering of hundreds of small islands s...

1 College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 2 Centre for Marine Microbiology and Genetics, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 3 AIMS@JCU, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, 4 ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, ...

Limited information is available on the bleaching susceptibility of coral species that dominate high latitude reefs along the eastern seaboard of Australia. The main aims of this study were to: (i) monitor coral health and spatial patterns of coral bleaching response at the Solitary Islands Marine Park (SIMP) and Lord Howe Island Marine Park (LHIMP), to determine variability of bleaching suscep...

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Macroalgae is the dominant trophic group on Mediterranean infralittoral rocky bottoms, whereas zooxanthellate corals are extremely rare. However, in recent years, the invasive coral Oculina patagonica appears to be increasing its abundance through unknown means. Here we examine the pattern of variation of this species at a marine reserve between 2002 and 2010 and contribute to the understanding...