Coral Reefs

Papers
(The TQCC of Coral Reefs is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Comparing anesthetic stations and environmental DNA sampling to determine community composition of cryptobenthic coral reef fishes of Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga60
Fertilisation kinetics among common Indo-Pacific broadcast spawning corals with distinct and shared functional traits48
Latitudinal variation in growth and survival of juvenile corals in the West and South Pacific38
Effects of social organization on the feeding of the striped parrotfish, Scarus iseri33
Biotic resistance on coral reefs? Direct and indirect effects of native predators and competitors on invasive lionfish29
Conservation of coral reef fishes: a field-hardy method to cryopreserve spermatogonial cells29
Correction to: Latitudinal variation in monthly-scale reproductive synchrony among Acropora coral assemblages in the Indo-Pacific26
The role of parapodia and lack of photoacclimation in kleptoplasts of the sacoglossan sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus26
Depth stratified light trap sampling reveals variation in the depth distribution of late-stage cryptobenthic reef fish larvae26
Antarctic deep-sea coral larvae may be resistant to end-century ocean warming26
Comparative analysis of the skin microbiota between two sea snakes, Hydrophis cyanocinctus and Hydrophis curtus, with versus without skin ulcer25
Telomere dynamics in the Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris): effect of age, diet, and tissue type25
Correction to: Using commercial high‑resolution satellite imagery to monitor a nuisance macroalga in the largest marine protected area in the USA25
Natural variability in seawater temperature compromises the metabolic performance of a reef-forming cold-water coral with implications for vulnerability to ongoing global change21
Investigating the ability of coral reefs to protect shorelines in the Republic of Kiribati21
Feces consumption by nominally herbivorous fishes in the Caribbean: an underappreciated source of nutrients?21
Colour pattern has no influence on the visual recognition of conspecifics by coral reef fish juveniles20
Jeju Island: a sentinel for tracking ocean warming impacts on high-latitude benthic communities19
High-resolution in situ thermal metrics coupled with acute heat stress experiments reveal differential coral bleaching susceptibility19
Host-specific epibiomes of distinct Acropora cervicornis genotypes persist after field transplantation19
Frequent disturbances and chronic pressures constrain stony coral recovery on Florida’s Coral Reef18
Onset of zooplanktivory and optimal water flow rates for prey capture in newly settled polyps of ten Caribbean coral species17
DNA metabarcoding confirms primary targets and breadth of diet for coral reef butterflyfishes17
Early successional trajectory of benthic community in an uninhabited reef system three years after mass coral bleaching17
Diverse and ecologically unique mesophotic coral ecosystems in the central Indian Ocean16
Correction to: Geomorphological drivers of deeper reef habitats around Seychelles16
Demographic recovery of corals at a wave-exposed reef following catastrophic disturbance16
The lunar cycle does not influence catch rates or foraging success of neonatal reef sharks in an amphidromic nursery system16
Effect of species, provenance, and coral physiology on the composition of Hawaiian coral-associated microbial communities16
Deducing photosymbiosis in extinct heliolitid corals16
Different times, similar mechanism? Convergent patterns in light-induced phenotypic plasticity in Devonian and modern corals16
Insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the different heat tolerance of the scleractinian coral Pavona decussata16
Changes in aerobic metabolism associated with the settlement transition for the leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus)15
Prevalence and extent of coral diseases in shallow and mesophotic reefs of the Southwestern Atlantic15
Year-round variations in reserve lipid molecular species of the Indo-Pacific corals Sinularia flexibilis and Millepora platyphylla15
Correction to: Using commercial high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor a nuisance macroalga in the largest marine protected area in the USA15
Long-term physiological responses to combined ocean acidification and warming show energetic trade-offs in an asterinid starfish15
Using coral holes to explore the historical ecology of Guam’s coral reefs15
Spatial and temporal patterns in the coral assemblage at Clipperton Atoll: a sentinel reef in the Eastern Tropical Pacific15
Priority coral conservation areas under global warming in the Amami Islands, Southern Japan14
Cryptofaunal communities are influenced by benthic cover and fish abundance in a large Caribbean coral reef system14
Natural products from Caribbean octocorals demonstrate bioactivity against Vibrio coralliilyticus strains14
Depth distribution and depth adaptation of microbiomes in juvenile and adult scleractinian corals (Pocillopora verrucosa) in the central South China Sea14
Low light intensity increased survival of coral spat in aquaculture14
Microbial characterization of the first occurrence of White Plague disease in the endemic brain coral Mussismilia hispida at Alcatrazes Archipelago, Brazil14
How does warmer sea water change the sensitivity of a Mediterranean thermophilic coral after immune-stimulation?14
The giant clam Tridacna squamosa quickly regenerates iridocytes and restores symbiont quantity and phototrophic potential to above-control levels in the outer mantle after darkness-induced bleaching13
Wave exposure and temperature drive coral community structure at regional scale in the Cuban archipelago13
Nowhere to hide: massive corals’ mortality after cumulative heat stress in a putative climate change refugium13
Significance of fish–sponge interactions in coral reef ecosystems13
Subtropical specialists dominate a coral range expansion front13
Do greater coral cover and morphological diversity increase habitat complexity?13
Unraveling the influence of environmental variability and cryptic benthic assemblages on reef-scale primary production and calcification12
Interactions between invaders: facilitation of boring bivalves leads to reduced adhesive strength of sun corals12
Re(de)fining degree-heating week: coral bleaching variability necessitates regional and temporal optimization of global forecast model stress metrics12
Morphological organization and ultrastructural evaluation of the oocyte–sperm bundle of the Southwestern Atlantic coral Mussismilia harttii12
Susceptibility of Acropora tenuis to consecutive thermal stress12
Combination of hermaphroditic and gonochoric sexual modes in the coral Porites cylindrica12
A metagenomic-based study of two sites from the Barbadian reef system12
Editorial Expression of Concern: Predation risk assessment by larval reef fishes during settlement-site selection12
Mesophotic vs. shallow water reefs: ecosystem connectivity in the Silurian of Gotland12
Symbiodiniaceae diversity in Pocillopora corals in different environments of the Colombian Eastern Pacific: symbiont specificity in spite of coral-host flexibility11
Suppressed recovery of functionally important branching Acropora drives coral community composition changes following mass bleaching in Indonesia11
Ocean acidification alters the thermal performance curves of brooded larvae from the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis11
The Cayman Crown: newly protected coral reefs at the edge of the Cayman Trench11
Coral–algal competition: allelopathy, temporal variance, and effects on coral microbiomes11
Physiological seasonality in the symbiont and host of the northern star coral, Astrangia poculata11
Impacts of ocean warming on the settlement success and post-settlement survival of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris)11
Highly repetitive space-use dynamics in parrotfishes11
Correction to: Maximal species richness in Conus: diversity, diet and habitat on reefs of northeast Papua New Guinea11
Did the historic overharvesting of sea cucumbers make coral more susceptible to pathogens?11
Microbial diversity of sub-bottom sediment cores from a tropical reef system11
Projected ocean acidification and seasonal temperature alter the behaviour and growth of a range extending tropical fish11
Conservation benefits of no-take marine reserves outweigh modest benefits of partially protected areas for targeted coral reef fishes11
A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef11
Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs10
Physiological responses to short-term sediment exposure in adults of the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa and adults and recruits of Porites astreoides10
A user’s guide to coral reef restoration terminologies10
Spatial distribution, management zoning and depth effects on reef biodiversity and productivity at the largest Brazilian coastal marine protected area10
High herbivory despite high sediment loads on a fringing coral reef10
The mass coral bleaching event of inshore corals form South China Sea witnessed in 2020: insight into the causes, process and consequence10
Juvenile age and available coral species modulate transition probability from herbivory to corallivory in Acanthaster cf. solaris (Crown-of-Thorns Seastar)10
Remote video surveys unveil the diurnal variability of trophic-based processes by fishes on coral reefs10
Skeletal morphometrics suggests high fitness of hybrid coral recruits under ocean warming and acidification10
Distinct lineages and population genomic structure of the coral Pachyseris speciosa in the small equatorial reef system of Singapore10
Impacts of nursery-based propagation and out-planting on coral-associated bacterial communities10
Polyp dropout in a solitary cold-water coral10
The reef building coral Stylophora pistillata uses stored carbohydrates to maintain ATP levels under thermal stress10
Short-term stress testing predicts subsequent natural bleaching variation10
Predicting coral metapopulation decline in a changing thermal environment9
Reef complexity influences distribution and habitat choice of the corallivorous seastar Culcita schmideliana in the Maldives9
Exploring benthic habitat assessments on coral reefs: a comparison of direct field measurements versus remote sensing9
Pre-exposure to a variable temperature treatment improves the response of Acropora cervicornis to acute thermal stress9
Correction to: eDNA detection of corallivorous seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris) outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef using digital droplet PCR9
Diversification and distribution of gall crabs (Brachyura: Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus) associated with Agariciidae corals9
Genetic confirmation of Tridacna noae (Röding 1798) in the Cook Islands9
Strong genetic differentiation demarks populations of Favia across biogeographic regions of the Atlantic Ocean9
Observation of polyp bailout after stress exposure in Primnoa pacifica9
Anemone bleaching impacts the larval recruitment success of an anemone-associated fish9
Substratum selection in coral reef sponges and their interactions with other benthic organisms9
Plasticity of symbiont acquisition in new recruits of the massive coral Platygyra daedalea under ocean warming and acidification9
An extreme storm decreases reef fish abundance and richness but does not impact spatial heterogeneity9
The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event: Where do we go from here?9
Gear selectivity of functional traits in coral reef fisheries in Brazil9
Three-dimensional morphological variation and physical functionality of Caribbean corals8
Potential environment effect on ultrahigh resolution Sr/Ca of giant clam shells from South China Sea8
Phenotypic variability of Montastraea cavernosa and Porites astreoides along a depth gradient from shallow to mesophotic reefs in the Cayman Islands8
Correction to: Seasonal variation in reef fish assemblages in the environmentally extreme southern Persian/Arabian Gulf8
Anvil use by three wrasse species: Halichoeres hortulanus, Thalassoma jansenii, and Thalassoma lunare8
Remarkable population structure in the tropical Atlantic lace corals Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766) and Stylaster blatteus (Boschma, 1961)8
Roles of depth, current speed, and benthic cover in shaping gorgonian assemblages at the Palm Islands (Great Barrier Reef)8
Identifying metabolic alterations associated with coral growth anomalies using 1H NMR metabolomics8
The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research8
The macrofauna associated to the bamboo coral Isidella elongata: to what extent the impact on isideidae affects diversification of deep-sea fauna8
Long-term retention and density-dependent herbivory from Diadema antillarum following translocation onto a reef restoration site8
Exposure to degraded coral habitat depresses oxygen uptake rate during exercise of a juvenile reef fish7
Coral reef potential connectivity in the southwest Indian Ocean7
Ten years of dynamic co-management of a multi-species reef fishery7
Physiological effects of the lunar cycle on the spawning of a coral reef fish, Abudefduf Vaigiensis: in vivo and in vitro trait7
How Symbiodiniaceae meets the challenges of life during coral bleaching7
Thermal stress response of Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857) from the Canary Islands archipelago7
2bRAD reveals fine-scale genetic structuring among populations within the Mediterranean zoanthid Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862)7
Reproductive ecology of fire corals in the northern Red Sea7
Hybridisation and the evolution of coral reef biodiversity7
Heat, human, hydrodynamic, and habitat drivers measured from space correlate with metrics of reef health across the South Pacific7
Algal turf negatively affects recruitment of a Caribbean octocoral7
Symbiotic dinoflagellates of the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, express an extracellular alpha carbonic anhydrase associated with the plasma membrane to promote HCO3− dehydration and CO2 uptake during7
Variable intraspecific genetic diversity effects impact thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral7
The mitochondrial genomes of the reef-dwelling spiny lobsters Panulirus echinatus and Panulirus interruptus with insights into the phylogeny and adaptive evolution of protein-coding genes in the Achel7
Increasing coral calcification in Orbicella faveolata and Pseudodiploria strigosa at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico7
Fine-scale heterogeneity reveals disproportionate thermal stress and coral mortality in thermally variable reef habitats during a marine heatwave7
Correction to: The Cayman Crown: newly protected coral reefs at the edge of the Cayman Trench7
Differential responses of bacterial communities in coral tissue and mucus to bleaching6
Porites astreoides coral populations demonstrate high clonality and connectivity in southeast Florida6
Discovery of a rare pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) death assemblage off southeast Florida reveals multi-century persistence during the late Holocene6
Photosynthetically stimulated bioerosion in symbiotic sponges: the role of glycerol and oxygen6
Correction to: Discovery of a rare pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) death assemblage off southeast Florida reveals multi-century persistence during the late Holocene6
Changes of Tiahura (Moorea Island) reef flat habitats using 67 years of remote sensing observations6
Changing dynamics of Great Barrier Reef hard coral cover in the Anthropocene6
Physiological factors facilitating the persistence of Pocillopora aliciae and Plesiastrea versipora in temperate reefs of south-eastern Australia under ocean warming6
“Hidden” biodiversity: a new amphipod genus dominates epifauna in association with a mesophotic black coral forest6
High temporal resolution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dynamics during heat stress does not support a causative role in coral bleaching6
Structural attributes and macrofaunal assemblages associated with rose gorgonian gardens (Leptogorgia sp. nov.) in Central Chile: opening the door for conservation actions6
The contribution of corals to reef structural complexity in Kāne‘ohe Bay6
Hidden structural heterogeneity enhances marine hotspots’ biodiversity6
Extreme low-frequency waves on the Ofu, American Samoa, reef flat6
Correction to: Outplanting of branching Acropora enhances recolonization of a fish species and protects massive corals from predation6
New moon spawning of Acropora divaricata in the Sakishima Islands, Japan6
Cushion sea-star removal enhances coral restoration practices and limits background mortality on recovering reefs6
Decadal stability of coral reef benthic communities on Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific, through two bleaching events6
Sterols, free fatty acids, and total fatty acid content in the massive Porites spp. corals cultured under different pCO2 and temperature treatments6
From coral reefs into the abyss: the evolution of corallivory in the Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda, Muricidae)6
Calcification rates in the lower photic zone and their ecological implications6
Living on the edge: environmental variability of a shallow late Holocene cold-water coral mound6
Long-term dynamics of hard coral cover across Indonesia6
Local conditions modulated the effects of marine heatwaves on coral bleaching in subtropical Hong Kong waters6
Promoting larval settlement of coral Pocillopora damicornis by calcium6
Contribution of motile rubble-dwelling cryptofauna to the diet of invertivorous coral reef fishes6
Conservation priorities for reef-building coral biodiversity across multiple dimensions in the South China Sea6
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