Frontiers in Marine Science | Coral Reef Research

Original Research

Accepted on 12 May 2025

Comprehensive Assessment of Chemical and Microbial Inducers for Coral Larval Settlement Across Diverse Coral Species

in Coral Reef Research

HuiMing Sun
Qingsong Yang
Junde Dong
Jie Li
Chang Chen
Xiaoyu Tang
Ying Zhang
Juan Ling

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1581753

Original Research

Accepted on 09 May 2025

Simplified polyp-canal system of stony coral Seriatopora hystrix protects its branching areas in the flow field

in Coral Reef Research

Yixin Li
Zuhong Lu
Zhao Yunpeng
He Chunpeng

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1548482

Brief Research Report

Published on 22 Apr 2025

Imaging PAM fluorometry reveals stable photosynthetic efficiency in multibiont symbioses on coral reefs

in Coral Reef Research

Susanne Bähr
Sancia E. T. van der Meij
Erika P. Santoro
Francesca Benzoni

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1568287

933 views

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Apr 2025

Evaluating the effectiveness of field-based probiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease in southeast Florida, USA

in Coral Reef Research

Kelly A Pitts
Mackenzie Scheuermann
Jonathan S Lefcheck
Blake Ushijima
Natalie Danek
E. Murphy McDonald
Aaron R Milanese
Monica D Schul
Julie L Meyer
Kathryn A Toth

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1480966

400 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Mar 2025

Depth partitioning of mesophotic reef fish communities on Pickle Bank seamount

in Coral Reef Research

Jack V. Johnson
Alex D. Chequer
Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1539066

688 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Mar 2025

Nitrogen isotope ratios across the Bermuda coral reef: implications for coral nitrogen sources and the coral-bound nitrogen isotope proxy

in Coral Reef Research

Victoria H. Luu
Yeongjun Ryu
Wren S. Darling
Sergey Oleynik
Samantha J. de Putron
Anne L. Cohen
Xingchen Tony Wang
Daniel M. Sigman

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1554418

1,409 views

Review

Published on 26 Mar 2025

Six decades of global coral bleaching monitoring: a review of methods and call for enhanced standardization and coordination

in Coral Reef Research

Andrea Rivera-Sosa
Aarón Israel Muñiz-Castillo
Ben Charo
Gregory P. Asner
Chris M. Roelfsema
Simon D. Donner
Brianna D. Bambic
Ana Gabriela Bonelli
Morgan Pomeroy
Derek Manzello

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1547870

2,366 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Mar 2025

Emerging evidence for apical dominance in colonial branching Acropora corals

in Coral Reef Research

Eleonora Re
Carlos M. Duarte

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1531462

689 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Feb 2025

Benthic drivers of structural complexity in coral reefs across a tropical-subtropical transition zone

in Coral Reef Research

Meng-Hsin Morris Wu
Lauriane Ribas-Deulofeu
Chia-Hung Eric Liu
Yoko Nozawa
Vianney Denis

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1513498

1,364 views

Review

Published on 24 Feb 2025

Drivers and consequences of degradation in tropical reef island ecosystems: strategies for restoration and conservation

in Coral Reef Research

Saba Najeeb
Raja Asad Ali Khan
Xiao Deng
Chunyuan Wu

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1518701

1,253 views

Technology and Code

Published on 21 Feb 2025

Calculating 3D rugosity maps for complex habitat scans

in Coral Reef Research

Kindrat Beregovyi
Jennifer A. Dijkstra
Thomas Butkiewicz

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1449332

981 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Feb 2025

Antibiotic pretreatment inhibits white band disease infection by suppressing the bacterial pathobiome

in Coral Reef Research

Jason D. Selwyn
Brecia A. Despard
Kai A. Galvan-Dubois
Emily C. Trytten
Steven V. Vollmer

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1491476

825 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Feb 2025

Numerical modelling of the impact of coral reef degradation and sea level rise on coastal protection at The Buccoo Reef, Tobago: implications for reef restoration and management strategies

in Coral Reef Research

Avinash Boodoo
Deborah Villarroel-Lamb

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1525438

997 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jan 2025

Polyp dimorphism in the Mediterranean Red Coral Corallium rubrum: siphonozooids are precursors to autozooids

in Coral Reef Research

Guillaume Loentgen
Scott K. Parks
Denis Allemand
Sylvie Tambutté
Philippe Ganot

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1512361

1,123 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Jan 2025

Short distances dominate connectivity patterns of coral communities in the North-West Arabian Sea

in Coral Reef Research

Michel R. Claereboudt
Gerd Bruss

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1494563

845 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2025

The impact of stony coral tissue loss disease and amoxicillin treatments on coral gametogenesis

in Coral Reef Research

Hannah E. Mazurek
Karen L. Neely
D. Abigail Renegar

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1445735

1,065 views