Sewage pollution: mitigation is key for coral reef stewardship

Species Richness on Coral Reefs and the Pursuit of Convergent Global Estimates

(2015) Rebecca Fisher et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

(2015) N. M. Hall et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence

(2014) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Crown-of-thorns starfish predation and physical injuries promote brown band disease on corals

(2014) Sefano M. Katz et al.   CORAL REEFS

Context-dependent effects of nutrient loading on the coral–algal mutualism

(2014) Andrew A. Shantz et al.   ECOLOGY

Sediment and Turbidity Associated with Offshore Dredging Increase Coral Disease Prevalence on Nearby Reefs

(2014) F. Joseph Pollock et al.   PLoS One

Ocean acidification increases the vulnerability of native oysters to predation by invasive snails

(2014) E. Sanford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

World population stabilization unlikely this century

(2014) P. Gerland et al.   SCIENCE

Consumer Fronts, Global Change, and Runaway Collapse in Ecosystems

(2013) Brian R. Silliman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Climate Change Influences on Marine Infectious Diseases: Implications for Management and Society

(2013) Colleen A. Burge et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Linking macroalgal δ15N-values to nitrogen sources and effects of nutrient stress on coral condition in an upwelling region

(2013) Hui Huang et al.   BOTANICA MARINA

Disease outbreaks, bleaching and a cyclone drive changes in coral assemblages on an inshore reef of the Great Barrier Reef

(2013) J. Haapkylä et al.   CORAL REEFS

The corallivorous invertebrate Drupella aids in transmission of brown band disease on the Great Barrier Reef

(2013) K. J. Nicolet et al.   CORAL REEFS

Unity through nonlinearity: a unimodal coral–nutrient interaction

(2013) Michael A. Gil   ECOLOGY

Chronic nutrient enrichment increases prevalence and severity of coral disease and bleaching

(2013) Rebecca L. Vega Thurber et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Link between sewage-derived nitrogen pollution and coral disease severity in Guam

(2013) Jamey E. Redding et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Disturbance Driven Colony Fragmentation as a Driver of a Coral Disease Outbreak

(2013) Marilyn E. Brandt et al.   PLoS One

The occurrence and distribution of pharmaceutical compounds in the effluents of a major sewage treatment plant in Northern Taiwan and the receiving coastal waters

(2012) Tien-Hsi Fang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Reproductive characteristics and steroid levels in the scleractinian coral Oculina patagonica inhabiting contaminated sites along the Israeli Mediterranean coast

(2012) Rachel Armoza-Zvuloni et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Impacts of human activities on coral reef ecosystems of southern Taiwan: A long-term study

(2012) Pi-Jen Liu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Macroalgae Decrease Growth and Alter Microbial Community Structure of the Reef-Building Coral, Porites astreoides

(2012) Rebecca Vega Thurber et al.   PLoS One

The 27-year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

(2012) G. De'ath et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Allelochemicals produced by Caribbean macroalgae and cyanobacteria have species-specific effects on reef coral microorganisms

(2011) K. M. Morrow et al.   CORAL REEFS

Microbial diversity associated with four functional groups of benthic reef algae and the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis

(2011) Katie L. Barott et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs

(2011) Linda Wegley Kelly et al.   ISME Journal

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Seasonal Rainfall and Runoff Promote Coral Disease on an Inshore Reef

(2011) Jessica Haapkylä et al.   PLoS One

Human Pathogen Shown to Cause Disease in the Threatened Eklhorn Coral Acropora palmata

(2011) Kathryn Patterson Sutherland et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Coral Reef Benthic Primary Producers on Dissolved Organic Carbon and Microbial Activity

(2011) Andreas F. Haas et al.   PLoS One

Microbial to reef scale interactions between the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis and benthic algae

(2011) K. L. Barott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Do elevated nutrients and organic carbon on Philippine reefs increase the prevalence of coral disease?

(2010) L. Kaczmarsky et al.   CORAL REEFS

The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services

(2010) Edward B. Barbier et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Human sewage identified as likely source of white pox disease of the threatened Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata

(2010) Kathryn Patterson Sutherland et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sewage contamination of a densely populated coral ‘atoll’ (Bermuda)

(2010) Ross Jones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Sea fan corals provide a stable isotope baseline for assessing sewage pollution in the Mexican Caribbean

(2010) David M. Baker et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Organic matter release by the dominant primary producers in a Caribbean reef lagoon: implication for in situ O2 availability

(2010) AF Haas et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Species composition, habitat, and water quality influence coral bleaching in southern Florida

(2010) DE Wagner et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Chemically rich seaweeds poison corals when not controlled by herbivores

(2010) D. B. Rasher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How Microbial Community Composition Regulates Coral Disease Development

(2010) Justin Mao-Jones et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Improved water quality can ameliorate effects of climate change on corals

(2009) Scott A. Wooldridge et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Disease incidence is related to bleaching extent in reef-building corals

(2009) Marilyn E. Brandt et al.   ECOLOGY

Assessing evidence of phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance on coral reefs

(2009) John F. Bruno et al.   ECOLOGY

Occurrence and distribution of steroids, hormones and selected pharmaceuticals in South Florida coastal environments

(2009) Simrat P. Singh et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Metagenomic analysis of stressed coral holobionts

(2009) Rebecca Vega Thurber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Antagonistic interactions among coral-associated bacteria

(2009) Krystal L. Rypien et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial diversity and White Plague Disease-associated community changes in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata

(2009) Shinichi Sunagawa et al.   ISME Journal

Frequent Detection of Highly Diverse Variants of Cardiovirus, Cosavirus, Bocavirus, and Circovirus in Sewage Samples Collected in the United States

(2009) O. Blinkova et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A new conceptual model for the warm-water breakdown of the coral–algae endosymbiosis

(2009) Scott A. Wooldridge   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Wastewater discharge degrades coastal waters and reef communities in southern Thailand

(2009) Pasinee Reopanichkul et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The use of δ15N in assessing sewage stress on coral reefs

(2009) Michael J. Risk et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sewage impacts coral reefs at multiple levels of ecological organization

(2009) Pasinee Reopanichkul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Resilience of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities Exposed to Fish Farm Effluent

(2009) Melissa Garren et al.   PLoS One

The future of coral reefs: a microbial perspective

(2009) Tracy D. Ainsworth et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Distribution of pesticides and bisphenol A in sediments collected from rivers adjacent to coral reefs

(2008) Yukio Kitada et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human stressors in marine systems

(2008) Caitlin Mullan Crain et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Detection of spatial fluctuations of non-point source fecal pollution in coral reef surrounding waters in southwestern Puerto Rico using PCR-based assays

(2008) M. Bonkosky et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microbial Ecology of Four Coral Atolls in the Northern Line Islands

(2008) Elizabeth A. Dinsdale et al.   PLoS One

One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts

(2008) K. E. Carpenter et al.   SCIENCE

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE

Shifting Baselines, Local Impacts, and Global Change on Coral Reefs

(2008) Nancy Knowlton et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY