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Florida Keys Marine Science Conference and Workshop Research Topic: Exploring and Safeguarding the Marine Ecosystems of the Florida Keys. A Special Collection dedicated to Dr. Billy Causey, John Halas, and Dr. Walter C. Jaap.

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Contribute to this collection investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors at multiple levels of biological organization, from populations to ecosystems, across coastal and deep-sea environments

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Coral Reef Research

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Journal notices

Editor's Choice Article

Conference Partnership Spotlight

Author Guidelines

Research Topic Spotlight

Frontiers FAIR² now open!

Editors

william f. precht

alberto acosta

jesús ernesto arias gonzález

yehuda benayahu

Articles

Spatiotemporal variability in reef ecology and herbivore impacts in the East Portland Special Fishery Conservation Area, northeast Jamaica (2017-2024)

First Assessment of Microplastic Accumulation and Characteristics in the Zoanthid Palythoa caesia Across Coral Reef Ecosystems in Thailand

Assessment of microplastic pollution in corals, seawater, and marine sediments in the Gulf of Thailand

Whose bite? Evaluating the use of structure-from-motion for monitoring fish corallivory

Research Topics

Exploring and Safeguarding the Marine Ecosystems of the Florida Keys. A Special Collection dedicated to Dr. Billy Causey, John Halas, and Dr. Walter C. Jaap

Shifting Reefs: Ecological Change, Drivers, and Solutions for Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems

Integrative Approaches to Coral Reef Resilience and Conservation Under Global Change

Charting the Course – Perspectives from Leaders in Marine Science