Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems

Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems - ScienceDirect.com

This review focuses on some recent advances in the experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems, and in particular scleractinian corals, at all levels of ...

Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems - NASA/ADS

Coral reef ecosystems are at the crossroads. While significant gaps still exist in our understanding of how "normal" reefs work, unprecedented changes in ...

Experimental biology of coral reef systems | Request PDF

This review focuses on some recent advances in the experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems, and in particular scleractinian corals, at all levels of ...

Experimental Reef Lab - NOAA/AOML

AOML's Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division has taken a visionary approach to answering our most pressing questions about coral reef health by stepping ...

Experimental coral reef communities transform yet persist ... - PNAS

Coral reefs are among the most sensitive ecosystems affected by ocean warming and acidification, and are predicted to collapse over the next few ...

Coral Reefs | Learn Science at Scitable - Nature

Coral reefs, therefore, are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, rivaling their terrestrial counterpart, tropical rain forests. Many species of ...

Coral Ecology Studies Aquatic Ecosystems, Sea Creatures on Coral ...

Coral ecology is the study of relationships between living organisms found on coral reefs and their interactions with the natural and human environment.

Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems - OUCI

Asada, Production and scavenging of active oxygen in photosynthesis, с. · Baker, Diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) in scleractinian corals ...

Reef Ecosystems - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Researchers are working to understand how each of these stressors impacts coral reef ecosystems, so they can protect corals and other reef inhabitants from ...

Special Journal Issue Compiles Advances in Coral Reef Ecosystem ...

Current status and trends of coral reef communities · Habitat use of reef-associated species · Ecosystem responses to human-driven stressors and ...

Ocean Reef Lab - Biosphere 2

Why do Coral Research at Biosphere 2? · How do novel interactions among species on pan-global, restored coral reefs dictate ecosystem health, structure, and ...

Experimental support for alternative attractors on coral reefs - PMC

Here, we demonstrate that a coral reef can become trapped in a seaweed-dominated state in the same conditions under which corals thrive. The ...

Coral Reefs Ecology & Biodiversity

Coral Reef Ecology & Biodiversity · 4,000 species of reef fish · 840 species of corals · Over 1 million species of other animals ...

coral reefs and Ocean acidification - The Oceanography Society

Environmental controls on growth of the massive coral Porites. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and. Ecology 245(2):225–243. Marshall, A.T., and P.L. ...

Culturing reef-building corals on a laboratory dish - Frontiers

Development and maintenance of coral reef ecosystems rely on daily micro-biological activities of healthy corals. Although a comprehensive ...

Coral Reef Ecosystems - SpringerLink

The present day reef-builders are hard corals belonging to the order Scleractinia, phylum Cnidaria. The greatest concentrations of coral reefs are in the ...

Coral Reef Biology and Ecology | Scripps Institution of Oceanography

This field focuses on understanding the biological and ecological characteristics of coral reefs across the world. Potential undergraduate students ...

Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean ...

The biological diversity of warm-water coral reefs has been estimated to include ~1–9 million species that live in and around coral reefs (Reaka-Kudla, 1997, ...

Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments - Grottoli

Temperature stress from ocean warming due to climate change is now the single largest threat to coral reefs globally (Veron et al. 2009, Cantin ...

Coral reef biodiversity predicted to shift as climate changes

“This two-year experimental mesocosm study is unprecedented for climate change research and is the first one to examine the diversity of the ...