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Coral Reefs
Published by Springer-Verlag.
ISSN 0722-4028 / 1432-0975
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The Amphistegina bleaching index as a tool for evaluating reef-ecosystem health: new data from the Maldives & Australia provide updated insights
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02973-1 Torin Cannings, Daniela Basso, Sebastian Flöter, Pamela Hallock, Chiara Pisapia, Benjamin J. Ross, Stephanie Stainbank, Silvia Spezzaferri, Elias Samankassou · 2026
Reef fish taxonomic and functional diversity respond differently to habitat degradation and protection
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02974-0 Philippe Fernandez-Fournier, Awaludinnoer Ahmad, Paulus Boli, Emmanuel Manangkalangi, Arnaud J. T. Brival, Cornelya Junfaly Patty, Danwei Huang, Arne Ø. Mooers · 2026
Quantifying metabolic functioning of coral reefs: a 3-year study in Palau
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02952-6 Alexandra Khrizman, Elisabeth L. Boles, David A. Mucciarone, Jenny Hamilton, Martin Volaric, Stephen G. Monismith, Robert B. Dunbar · 2026
Underrated deep-water scleractinian species: an ecological study along the Italian coasts (Mediterranean Sea)
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02967-z Alessandra Cosma, Margherita Toma, Andrea Costa, Giorgio Bavestrello, Michela Angiolillo, Alessandro Cau, Simonepietro Canese, Marzia Bo · 2026
Attrition or adaptation? Bleaching stress drives changes in sea anemone cnidae and venom
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02969-x K. L. Kaposi, R. L. Courtney, D. T. Wilson, A. Jones, B. Madio, J. E. Seymour · 2026
Why are coral reefs not found in the Mediterranean today?
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02971-3 A. G. Grottoli, C. Carbonne, N. Teixidó, S. Comeau, A. Smith, J.-P. Gattuso · 2026
Correction to: Regional and genus-specific factors underpin bleaching variation across India’s corals reefs during the fourth global coral bleaching event
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02965-1 Wenzel Pinto, Karan Deshpande, Aaron Savio Lobo, Abhishek Jamalabad, Afreen Hussain, Anish Paul, Arpita Dutta, Chaitanya Arjunwadkar, Farai Divan Patel, Harshul Thareja, Ishan Nangia, Jeremy Josh, Karishma Goenka, B. Manikandan, Naveen Namboothri, Prajakta Kuwalekar, Sagar Nambiar, Siddhi Jaishankar, Sidharth Mahesh, Tanmay Wagh, Teresa Alcoverro, Venkatesh Charloo, Vikas Nairi, Rohan Arthur · 2026
Near-term impacts of the 2024 mass coral bleaching event on benthic and fish communities in Okinawa Island, southern Japan
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02966-0 Lucas Yutaka Kimura, Rickdane Gomez, Takashi Nakamura · 2026
Resident damselfish influence the coral holobiont: species-specific responses in Acropora millepora and Acropora digitifera
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02938-4 Teresa Bednarek, Rohan M. Brooker, Belinda C. Martin, Deirdre B. Gleeson, Luke Thomas · 2026
Balancing the benefits and risks of population connectivity to coral restoration in the age of emergent disease
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02951-7 Daniel M. Holstein, Thomas Dobbelaere, Lewis J. Gramer, Lucas McEachron, Erinn M. Muller, Sara D. Williams, Emmanuel Hanert · 2026
Foraging behavior and short-term response to mass coral bleaching by the facultative corallivorous pufferfish Arothron nigropunctatus in Okinawa, western Pacific
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02961-5 Mei Kubota, Hajime Sato, Yoichi Sakai · 2026
Trace metals in the coral holobiont: roles and regulation in a changing ocean
DOI 10.1007/s00338-026-02968-y Joshua James N. Versola, Irene B. Rodriguez · 2026
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