OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Coral Reefs is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world	74
Resolving resource partitioning in parrotfishes (Scarini) using microhistology of feeding substrata	58
Coral community resilience to successive years of bleaching in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i	53
Reef-scale impacts of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak	50
Host genotype and stable differences in algal symbiont communities explain patterns of thermal stress response of Montipora capitata following thermal pre-exposure and across multiple bleaching events	46
Annual outbreaks of coral disease coincide with extreme seasonal warming	45
A global coral reef probability map generated using convolutional neural networks	42
Ecological consequences of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Turks and Caicos Islands	37
The biology and ecology of coral rubble and implications for the future of coral reefs	34
Symbiont shuffling across environmental gradients aligns with changes in carbon uptake and translocation in the reef-building coral Pocillopora acuta	30
Principles for estimating fish productivity on coral reefs	29
Assessment of bacterial community composition within and among Acropora loripes colonies in the wild and in captivity	28
Structure-from-Motion on shallow reefs and beaches: potential and limitations of consumer-grade drones to reconstruct topography and bathymetry	28
Empirically derived thermal thresholds of four coral species along the Red Sea using a portable and standardized experimental approach	27
Thermal stress-related spatiotemporal variations in high-latitude coral reef benthic communities	27
Crustose coralline algae that promote coral larval settlement harbor distinct surface bacterial communities	24
Reef-associated fishes have more maneuverable body shapes at a macroevolutionary scale	23
Accreting coral reefs in a highly urbanized environment	21
Multiple techniques point to oxygenic phototrophs dominating the Isopora palifera skeletal microbiome	21
Metabolite pools of the reef building coral Montipora capitata are unaffected by Symbiodiniaceae community composition	20
Upper-mesophotic and shallow reef corals exhibit similar thermal tolerance, sensitivity and optima	20
Diversity, distribution, and environmental drivers of coralline red algae: the major reef builders in the Southwestern Atlantic	20
Algal turf consumption by sea urchins and fishes is mediated by fisheries management on coral reefs in Kenya	20
Implications of 2D versus 3D surveys to measure the abundance and composition of benthic coral reef communities	20
Putting sea cucumbers on the map: projected holothurian bioturbation rates on a coral reef scale	19

Surviving marginalized reefs: assessing the implications of the microbiome on coral physiology and survivorship	19
Suppressing the next crown-of-thorns outbreak on the Great Barrier Reef	19
Low Symbiodiniaceae diversity in a turbid marginal reef environment	19
Physiological and ecological consequences of the water optical properties degradation on reef corals	19
Mono- and multispecies biofilms from a crustose coralline alga induce settlement in the scleractinian coral Leptastrea purpurea	19
Growth impacts in a changing ocean: insights from two coral reef fishes in an extreme environment	19
Pre-exposure to a variable temperature treatment improves the response of Acropora cervicornis to acute thermal stress	19
Trends and variability in spectral diffuse attenuation of coral reef waters	18
Habitat associations of settlement-stage crown-of-thorns starfish on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef	18
Association of butterflyfishes and stony coral tissue loss disease in the Florida Keys	17
Niche differences in co-occurring cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.)	17
Unusual shallow water Devonian coral community from Queensland and its recent analogues from the inshore Great Barrier Reef	17
Different responses of scleractinian coral Acropora pruinosa from Weizhou Island during extreme high temperature events	17
Mapping cold-water coral biomass: an approach to derive ecosystem functions	16
Characterization of a thermally tolerant Orbicella faveolata reef in Abaco, The Bahamas	16
Tissue fusion and enhanced genotypic diversity support the survival of Pocillopora acuta coral recruits under thermal stress	16
No evidence for tropicalization of coral assemblages in a subtropical climate change hot spot	16
11-yr of coral community dynamics in reefs around Dahab (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea): the collapse of urchins and rise of macroalgae and cyanobacterial mats	15
Linking population size structure, heat stress and bleaching responses in a subtropical endemic coral	15
The mass coral bleaching event of inshore corals form South China Sea witnessed in 2020: insight into the causes, process and consequence	15
Ecological analyses to inform management targets for the culling of crown-of-thorns starfish to prevent coral decline	15
Responses of coral gastrovascular cavity pH during light and dark incubations to reduced seawater pH suggest species-specific responses to the effects of ocean acidification on calcification	15
Unveiling hidden sponge biodiversity within the Hawaiian reef cryptofauna	15
Evolution and biogeography of the Zanclea-Scleractinia symbiosis	14
Diel pCO2 variation among coral reefs and microhabitats at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef	14
Signaling pathways in the coral polyp bail-out response	14
Lack of evidence for the oxidative stress theory of bleaching in the sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana, under elevated temperature	14
Sea urchins (diadematids) promote coral recovery via recruitment on Taiwanese reefs	14
The influence of urban pressures on coral physiology on marginal coral reefs of the Mexican Pacific	14
Ocean acidification effects on calcification and dissolution in tropical reef macroalgae	14
Highly diverse mesophotic reef fish communities in Raja Ampat, West Papua	14
Contrasting effects of crustose coralline algae from exposed and subcryptic habitats on coral recruits	13
Heat stress differentially impacts key calcification mechanisms in reef-building corals	13
How Symbiodiniaceae meets the challenges of life during coral bleaching	13
Reducing host DNA contamination in 16S rRNA gene surveys of anthozoan microbiomes using PNA clamps	13
Oceanic patterns of thermal stress and coral community degradation on the island of Mauritius	13
The role of predators in coral disease dynamics	13
Fine-scale heterogeneity reveals disproportionate thermal stress and coral mortality in thermally variable reef habitats during a marine heatwave	13
The indirect effects of ocean acidification on corals and coral communities	13
Effects of thermal conditioning on the performance of Pocillopora acuta adult coral colonies and their offspring	13
Shifts in marine invertebrate bacterial assemblages associated with tissue necrosis during a heat wave	13
Apparent recruitment failure for the vast majority of coral species at Eilat, Red Sea	13
Neighboring colonies influence uptake of thermotolerant endosymbionts in threatened Caribbean coral recruits	12
Thermal history influences lesion recovery of the threatened Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis under heat stress	12
Hybridisation and the evolution of coral reef biodiversity	12
Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life	12
Application of phylogenomic tools to unravel anthozoan evolution	12
Coral larvae avoid substratum exploration and settlement in low-oxygen environments	12
Towards a trait-based understanding of Symbiodiniaceae nutrient acquisition strategies	12
Life history traits of the sea snake Emydocephalus annulatus, based on a 17-yr study	12

Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as stepping stones for dispersal and diversification	12
Coral host physiology and symbiont dynamics associated with differential recovery from mass bleaching in an extreme, macro-tidal reef environment in northwest Australia	12
Environmental flexibility in Oulastrea crispata in a highly urbanised environment: a microbial perspective	12
The role of corals on the abundance of a fish ectoparasite in the Great Barrier Reef	11
The effects of predation on the condition of soft corals	11
Is predation of juvenile crown-of-thorns seastars (Acanthaster cf. solaris) by peppermint shrimp (Lysmata vittata) dependent on age, size, or diet?	11
Sub-annual fluorescence measurements of coral skeleton: relationship between skeletal luminescence and terrestrial humic-like substances	11
Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta	11
Cryopreservation of sperm from the brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis as a strategy to face the loss of corals in the Caribbean	11
Fine-scale time series surveys reveal new insights into spatio-temporal trends in coral cover (2002–2018), of a coral reef on the Southern Great Barrier Reef	11
The mycobiome of Pocillopora acuta in Singapore	11
Two offshore coral species show greater acclimatization capacity to environmental variation than nearshore counterparts in southern Belize	11
Cryopreservation can assist gene flow on the Great Barrier Reef	11
Functional diversity of reef molluscs along a tropical-to-temperate gradient	11
Moderate zooxanthellate coral growth rates in the lower photic zone	11
Coral reef resilience differs among islands within the Gulf of Mannar, southeast India, following successive coral bleaching events	11
The importance of biophysical context in understanding marine protected area outcomes for coral reef fish populations	11
Changes in reef fish assemblages following multiple bleaching events in the world’s warmest sea (Kish Island, the Persian Gulf)	11
Quantifying life history demographics of the scleractinian coral genus Pocillopora at Palmyra Atoll	10
Unveiling asexual reproductive traits in black corals: polyp bail-out in Antipathella subpinnata	10
Nitrogen enrichment in macroalgae following mass coral mortality	10
Species richness and generalists–specialists mosaicism of symbiodiniacean symbionts in corals from Hong Kong revealed by high-throughput ITS sequencing	10
Seasonal variation in the lipidome of two species of Millepora hydrocorals from Vietnam coastal waters (the South China Sea)	10
Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll	10
Diversification and distribution of gall crabs (Brachyura: Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus) associated with Agariciidae corals	10
Physiological seasonality in the symbiont and host of the northern star coral, Astrangia poculata	10
Multispecific coral spawning events and extended breeding periods on an equatorial reef	10
Seasonal variation in reef fish assemblages in the environmentally extreme southern Persian/Arabian Gulf	10
Impact of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment and skewed N:P stoichiometry on the skeletal formation and microstructure of symbiotic reef corals	10
Length–weight relationships to quantify biomass for motile coral reef cryptofauna	10
Physiological responses to short-term sediment exposure in adults of the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa and adults and recruits of Porites astreoides	10
High herbivory despite high sediment loads on a fringing coral reef	10
Lipids of Indo-Pacific gorgonian corals are modified under the influence of microbial associations	10
Variation in susceptibility among three Caribbean coral species and their algal symbionts indicates the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, is particularly susceptible to elevated nutrien	10
High diversity, abundance and distinct fish assemblages on submerged coral reef pinnacles compared to shallow emergent reefs	10
Crystallographic and chemical signatures in coral skeletal aragonite	10
The complexity of calculating an accurate carbonate budget	9
Close encounters of the worst kind: reforms needed to curb coral reef damage by recreational divers	9
Using form II ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase to estimate the phototrophic potentials of Symbiodinium, Cladocopium and Durusdinium in various organs of the fluted giant clam, Tridacna	9
Complex spatial patterns of genetic differentiation in the Caribbean mustard hill coral Porites astreoides	9
Chronic low-level nutrient enrichment benefits coral thermal performance in a fore reef habitat	9
Increasing coral calcification in Orbicella faveolata and Pseudodiploria strigosa at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico	9
Physiological diversity among sympatric, conspecific endosymbionts of coral (Cladocopium C1acro) from the Great Barrier Reef	9
The reticulate coral reef system in Golfo de Guacanayabo, SE Cuba	9
Biogeochemical variability and trophic status of reef water column following a coral bleaching event	9
Population genetic structure of a major reef-building coral species Acropora downingi in northeastern Arabian Peninsula	9
Novel species interactions and environmental conditions reduce foraging competency at the temperate range edge of a range-extending coral reef fish	9
Trophodynamics of the sclerosponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni along a shallow to mesophotic depth gradient	9
Impacts of parrotfish predation on a major reef-building coral: quantifying healing rates and thresholds of coral recovery	9
Photo-movement of coral larvae influences vertical positioning in the ocean	9
Broadening our horizons: seascape use by coral reef-associated fishes in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, is common and diverse	9
Elevated feeding rates of fishes within octocoral canopies on Caribbean reefs	9
Home range of newborn blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus), as estimated using mark-recapture and acoustic telemetry	9
Responses of a coral reef shark acutely exposed to ocean acidification conditions	8
Climate impacts alter fisheries productivity and turnover on coral reefs	8
Environmental gradients drive physiological variation in Hawaiian corals	8
High diversity of benthic cyanobacterial mats on coral reefs of Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand	8
ITS1 variation among Stichopathes cf. maldivensis (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) whip black corals unveils conspecificity and population connectivity at local and global scales across the Indo-Pacific	8
A unique reproductive strategy in the mushroom coral Fungia fungites	8
Host-specific epibiomes of distinct Acropora cervicornis genotypes persist after field transplantation	8
Juvenile age and available coral species modulate transition probability from herbivory to corallivory in Acanthaster cf. solaris (Crown-of-Thorns Seastar)	8
Hydrodynamic interactions with coral topography and its impact on larval settlement	8
Feeding biology of a habitat-forming antipatharian in the Azores Archipelago	8
Ephemeral hypoxia reduces oxygen consumption in the Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata	8
Assessing the relative accuracy of coral heights reconstructed from drones and structure from motion photogrammetry on coral reefs	8
Recruitment of coral reef fishes along a cross-shelf gradient in the Red Sea peaks outside the hottest season	8
Microbiome structure of ecologically important bioeroding sponges (family Clionaidae): the role of host phylogeny and environmental plasticity	8
High-resolution in situ thermal metrics coupled with acute heat stress experiments reveal differential coral bleaching susceptibility	8
Significance of fish–sponge interactions in coral reef ecosystems	8
Spatio-temporal persistence of scleractinian coral species at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef	8
Latitudinal variation in monthly-scale reproductive synchrony among Acropora coral assemblages in the Indo-Pacific	8
Monthly progression rates of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan	8
Mesophotic coral refuges following multiple disturbances	8
Giant clams in shallow reefs: UV-resistance mechanisms of Tridacninae in the Red Sea	8
Identifying metabolic alterations associated with coral growth anomalies using 1H NMR metabolomics	8