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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Correction to: Using commercial high‑resolution satellite imagery to monitor a nuisance macroalga in the largest marine protected area in the USA68
Combination of hermaphroditic and gonochoric sexual modes in the coral Porites cylindrica56
Nowhere to hide: massive corals’ mortality after cumulative heat stress in a putative climate change refugium52
Telomere dynamics in the Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris): effect of age, diet, and tissue type34
Colour pattern has no influence on the visual recognition of conspecifics by coral reef fish juveniles32
Natural products from Caribbean octocorals demonstrate bioactivity against Vibrio coralliilyticus strains28
Highly repetitive space-use dynamics in parrotfishes27
Mapping monumental corals through citizen science26
DNA metabarcoding confirms primary targets and breadth of diet for coral reef butterflyfishes25
Remote video surveys unveil the diurnal variability of trophic-based processes by fishes on coral reefs23
Comparing anesthetic stations and environmental DNA sampling to determine community composition of cryptobenthic coral reef fishes of Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga22
Demographic recovery of corals at a wave-exposed reef following catastrophic disturbance22
Correction to: Biogeophysical drivers of abundance for habitat-shifting reef fishes on stepping-stone coral patch reefs21
Acute heat stress and the extirpation of a threatened coral species from a remote, subtropical reef system20
Re(de)fining degree-heating week: coral bleaching variability necessitates regional and temporal optimization of global forecast model stress metrics19
Did the historic overharvesting of sea cucumbers make coral more susceptible to pathogens?19
Symbiodiniaceae diversity in Pocillopora corals in different environments of the Colombian Eastern Pacific: symbiont specificity in spite of coral-host flexibility19
Correction to: Seasonal variation in reef fish assemblages in the environmentally extreme southern Persian/Arabian Gulf19
A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef19
Conservation priorities for reef-building coral biodiversity across multiple dimensions in the South China Sea19
Potential environment effect on ultrahigh resolution Sr/Ca of giant clam shells from South China Sea18
Coral reef potential connectivity in the southwest Indian Ocean18
Thermal stress response of Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857) from the Canary Islands archipelago18
Trace DNA from a century-old holotype specimen resolves taxonomic uncertainties: the case of the Hawaiian pink precious coral (Pleurocorallium secundum), a CITES-listed species used in jewelry18
Ten years of dynamic co-management of a multi-species reef fishery18
Inter- and intraspecific diversity in bacterial communities associated with two crustose coralline algae from the NW Mediterranean Sea18
Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll17
Local conditions modulated the effects of marine heatwaves on coral bleaching in subtropical Hong Kong waters17
Benthic assemblages are more predictable than fish assemblages at an island scale16
Cultivable bacteria associated with Caribbean octocorals are active against coral pathogens but exhibit variable bioactivity when grown under different temperature conditions16
Symbiodinium necroappetens outbreak and persistence in Southwestern Atlantic corals following a bleaching event16
A 2018 epizootic of a tissue-loss disease in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: implications for coral health and conservation16
A note on the sexual reproductive biology of Ricordea yuma (Corallimorpharia)16
Photogrammetry for coral structural complexity: What is beyond sight?16
Energy acquisition and allocation strategies in scleractinian corals: insights from intraspecific trait variability15
Correction to: Conservation benefits of no-take marine reserves outweigh modest benefits of partially protected areas for targeted coral reef fishes15
Dietary variation and seasonal changes in the fish egg eating specialist, Emydocephalus ijimae (Squamata: Reptilia) in mid-latitude coral reefs15
Habitat trumps biogeography in structuring coral reef fishes15
Differing lesion recovery rates of two Caribbean stony coral species across a shallow water to mesophotic depth gradient suggest different sensitivity to repeated disturbance14
Correction: Impacts of coral bleaching on pH and oxygen gradients across the coral concentration boundary layer: a microsensor study14
Examining the sublethal impacts of environmentally relevant concentrations of Karenia brevis on three South Florida reef-building coral species using a multi-omics workflow14
Confronting the ‘nocturnal problem’ in coral reefs: sleeping site selection and cocoon formation in parrotfishes14
Role of feeding and physiological trade-offs in sustaining resilience of the coral Galaxea fascicularis to light limitation14
Limited susceptibility of Lobophora to browsing fishes on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef13
The relative influence of environmental cues on reproductive allocation of a highly iteroparous coral reef fish13
Geomorphological drivers of deeper reef habitats around Seychelles13
Strong genetic structure and limited connectivity among populations of Clark’s Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in the centre of marine biodiversity13
Fitted Fv/Fm temperature response curves: applying lessons from plant ecophysiology to acute thermal stress experiments in coral holobionts13
Spatial structuring of coral traits along a subtropical-temperate transition zone persists despite localised signs of tropicalisation13
Geochemical evidence of temporal ecosystem photosynthetic plasticity within a pristine coral atoll13
Speciation of coral-associated barnacles: generalists versus specialists in the Indo-West Pacific13
Different responses of scleractinian coral Acropora pruinosa from Weizhou Island during extreme high temperature events13
Biophysical drivers of coral reef community structure across a tropical benthic seascape12
Correction to: Quantifying capture and ingestion of live feeds across three coral species12
Ephemeral hypoxia reduces oxygen consumption in the Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata12
Complex spatial patterns of genetic differentiation in the Caribbean mustard hill coral Porites astreoides12
Utilisation of macroalgal habitats by juvenile rabbitfishes on an inshore reef12
Foraging microhabitat preferences of invertivorous fishes within tropical macroalgal meadows: identification of canopy specialists12
The diversity, distribution, and temporal stability of coral ‘zooxanthellae’ on a pacific reef: from the scale of individual colonies to across the host community12
Sulphate reduction and carbonate precipitation in a high-energy algal rim framework12
Variation in species and functional composition of octocorals and zoantharians across a tropical to temperate environmental gradient in the Indo-Pacific11
Long-term outcomes of passive and active restoration approaches following a vessel grounding in Hawaii, USA11
Dynamic evolution of coral reef ecosystems in the South China Sea under global change: a comprehensive multidimensional numerical simulation11
Caribbean corals exhibit species-specific differences in competitive abilities with an aggressive encrusting alga, Ramicrusta textilis11
Movement dynamics, sediment turnover and sheltering behaviours of the nocturnal coral reef sea cucumber, Stichopus cf. monotuberculatus11
Correction to: Calcification rates in the lower photic zone and their ecological implications11
Evaluation of the Allen Coral Atlas benthic habitat map product for New Caledonia using representative habitat observations from a multi-species fishery assessment11
The short spined crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster brevispinus is a corallivore too11
Coral carbonate production across depth: homogenisation after bleaching?11
Diverse patterns of larval coral reef fish vertical distribution and consequences for dispersal and connectivity11
Transepithelial absorption of exogenous inorganic carbon in the ctenidium of the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa involves a basolateral electrogenic Na+–HCO3− cotransporter 1 that displays light-enhance11
Coral-associated Symbiodiniaceae dynamics during the 2016 mass bleaching event in New Caledonia11
Correction to: The contribution of corals to reef structural complexity in Kāne ‘ohe Bay11
Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as stepping stones for dispersal and diversification10
Correction to: Impacts of nursery-based propagation and out-planting on coral-associated bacterial communities10
A decade of benthic changes on coral reefs in the Southern Persian/Arabian Gulf (2010–2020)10
Colony self-shading facilitates Symbiodiniaceae cohabitation in a South Pacific coral community10
Coralline Hills: high complexity reef habitats on seamount summits of the Vitória-Trindade Chain10
DNA metabarcoding as a tool for characterising the spatio-temporal distribution of planktonic larvae in the phylum Echinodermata10
Biogeophysical drivers of abundance for habitat-shifting reef fishes on stepping-stone coral patch reefs10
Stable symbiont communities persist in parents, gametes, and larvae of Montipora capitata across historical bleaching phenotypes10
Coarser taxonomic resolutions are informative in revealing fish community abundance trends for the world’s warmest coral reefs10
Studying functions on coral reefs: past perspectives, current conundrums, and future potential9
Simulated connectivity of crown-of-thorns starfish around Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park (western Japan) based on a high-resolution hydrodynamic modeling9
Latitudinal variation in growth and survival of juvenile corals in the West and South Pacific9
Assessing coral reef conservation planning in Wakatobi National Park (Indonesia) from larval connectivity networks9
eDNA monitoring detects new outbreak wave of corallivorous seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef9
The mycobiome of Pocillopora acuta in Singapore9
Characterizing the extent of the oceanic 60–150 m deep mesophotic zone in Tuamotu-Gambier Archipelago atolls using multibeam bathymetry and geomorphology data9
Characterization and phylogenetic implications of the mitochondrial genomes of the Phyllidiidae (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the South China Sea9
Variation in susceptibility among three Caribbean coral species and their algal symbionts indicates the threatened staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, is particularly susceptible to elevated nutrien9
Highly diverse and geographically differentiated Symbiodiniaceae communities associated with the hydrocoral Millepora alcicornis in the Atlantic Ocean9
Projected ocean acidification and seasonal temperature alter the behaviour and growth of a range extending tropical fish8
Ocean acidification alters the thermal performance curves of brooded larvae from the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis8
Investigating the ability of coral reefs to protect shorelines in the Republic of Kiribati8
The reef building coral Stylophora pistillata uses stored carbohydrates to maintain ATP levels under thermal stress8
Microbial characterization of the first occurrence of White Plague disease in the endemic brain coral Mussismilia hispida at Alcatrazes Archipelago, Brazil8
Low light intensity increased survival of coral spat in aquaculture8
High herbivory despite high sediment loads on a fringing coral reef8
Year-round variations in reserve lipid molecular species of the Indo-Pacific corals Sinularia flexibilis and Millepora platyphylla8
Depth stratified light trap sampling reveals variation in the depth distribution of late-stage cryptobenthic reef fish larvae8
Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs8
Mesophotic vs. shallow water reefs: ecosystem connectivity in the Silurian of Gotland8
Estimating coral reef carbonate budgets using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry8
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 bleaching8
A user’s guide to coral reef restoration terminologies8
Correction to: Geomorphological drivers of deeper reef habitats around Seychelles8
Short-term stress testing predicts subsequent natural bleaching variation8
Antarctic deep-sea coral larvae may be resistant to end-century ocean warming8
Correction to: Outplanting of branching Acropora enhances recolonization of a fish species and protects massive corals from predation7
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
Deoxygenation following coral spawning and low-level thermal stress trigger mass coral mortality at Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef7
Structural attributes and macrofaunal assemblages associated with rose gorgonian gardens (Leptogorgia sp. nov.) in Central Chile: opening the door for conservation actions7
Promoting larval settlement of coral Pocillopora damicornis by calcium7
High-resolution observations of submarine groundwater discharge reveal the fine spatial and temporal scales of nutrient exposure on a coral reef: Faga'alu, AS7
The role of parapodia and lack of photoacclimation in kleptoplasts of the sacoglossan sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus7
Timing of final oocyte maturation in Acropora and merulinid corals7
Extreme low-frequency waves on the Ofu, American Samoa, reef flat7
Fine resolution satellite sea surface temperatures capture the conditions experienced by corals at monthly but not daily timescales7
Genetic diversity and structure among Acropora austera populations in Mozambique suggest low resilience potential of one of the world’s most charismatic coral reefs7
The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research7
Ultrastructural evidence for cryoinjury of the scleractinian coral larvae7
A metagenomic-based study of two sites from the Barbadian reef system7
Changes of Tiahura (Moorea Island) reef flat habitats using 67 years of remote sensing observations7
Revisiting the terms used in net ecosystem calcification studies, carbonate budgets, and the equation of coral reef growth7
Fine-scale heterogeneity reveals disproportionate thermal stress and coral mortality in thermally variable reef habitats during a marine heatwave7
Diversity and distribution of corals of opportunity in a marginal and extreme reef environment7
A phylogenomic examination of Palmyra Atoll’s corallimorpharian invader7
Morphological organization and ultrastructural evaluation of the oocyte–sperm bundle of the Southwestern Atlantic coral Mussismilia harttii7
Variance of coral anti-pathogen defense in response to transplantation between coral- and macroalgal-dominated reefs6
Impact of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment and skewed N:P stoichiometry on the skeletal formation and microstructure of symbiotic reef corals6
Spawning window and fecundity in three Acroporid corals from the environmentally variable semi-enclosed lagoon of Bouraké6
Is the Coral Triangle’s future shown in a Pliocene reef gap?6
Recovery of coral cover on inshore fringing reefs following mass coral bleaching in the Philippines6
Comparative analysis of the gut microbiota composition between two sea snakes, Hydrophis curtus, and Hydrophis cyanocinctus6
Environmental gradients drive physiological variation in Hawaiian corals6
Impact of wave exposure on bleaching of large benthic foraminifera6
The community stability of Symbiodiniaceae and bacteria of different morphological corals and linkages to coral susceptibility to anthropogenic disturbance6
Pocillopora host–symbiont interactions along an extreme environmental gradient6
A test of adaptive strategy theory using fifteen years of change in coral abundance6
Diel patterns of symbiont expulsion in Caribbean reef corals are coral species-dependent and driven by symbiont load and photosynthetic performance6
Coral settlement and recruitment are negatively related to reef fish trait diversity6
Distinct coral reef habitat communities characterized by environmental DNA metabarcoding6
Responses of Palythoa caribaeorum and its associated endosymbionts to thermal stress6
A reproductive and trophic analysis of corals in a degraded environment6
Evaluating the role of moonlight-darkness dynamics as proximate spawning cues in an Acropora coral6
Effects of onshore development and damselfish (Stegastes nigricans) on coral richness in Opunohu Bay and Cook’s Bay in Moorea, French Polynesia6
Environmental controls on holocene reef development along the eastern brazilian margin6
Using underwater mini-ROV for coral eDNA survey: a case study in Okinawan mesophotic ecosystems6
An examination of seasonal variation in taxonomic richness and community composition using eDNA on a tropical coral reef6
Coral reef attributes associated with microplastic exposure6
Habitat and morphological characteristics affect juvenile mortality in five coral reef damselfishes6
Correction to: The impact of coral reef habitat and microbial abundance status on sponge-associated prokaryotic communities6
Estimating rates of coral carbonate production from aerial and archive imagery by applying colony scale conversion metrics6
Effects of elevated temperature on reproduction and larval settlement in Leptastrea purpurea6
Cross-habitat patterns of sediment transport and release by surgeonfishes6
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