Frontiers in Marine Science | Coral Reef Research

Original Research

Published on 01 Dec 2025

Fouling-release coatings enhance Acropora loripes coral spat survival by limiting algal competition on seeding devices

in Coral Reef Research

Jose Montalvo-Proano
Mariana Alvarez-Noriega
Florita Flores
Andrea Severati
Andrew P. Negri

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1684011

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Original Research

Accepted on 24 Nov 2025

Plastic Particles and Grain Analyses in the Sand of Tetiaroa Atoll

in Coral Reef Research

Katherine Lasdin
Katherine Shaw
Romina Centurion
Marjorie Cantine
Núria Viladrich
Jacqueline L Padilla-Gamino

Frontiers in Marine Science

Original Research

Accepted on 21 Nov 2025

Survival and reinfection rates of SCTLD-affected corals treated in situ with amoxicillin

in Coral Reef Research

Karen Lynn Neely
Robert James Nowicki
Michelle A Dobler
Kathryn A Toth
Kevin Andrew Macaulay
Sydney M Gallagher

Frontiers in Marine Science

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Original Research

Published on 21 Nov 2025

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

in Coral Reef Research

Claire M. Williams
Denise Henry
Rowan C. Martindale
Debbie-Ann Gordon-Smith

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1684741

542 views

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Nov 2025

Environmental DNA Metabarcoding Reveals Geologic, Not Geographic, Drivers of Coral Community Structure in Palau

in Coral Reef Research

Takeshi Noda
Haruhi Narisoko
Megumi Kanai
E Ikelau Otto
Geraldine Rengiil
Yimnang Golbuu
Kanako Hisata
Tomofumi Nagata
Nori Satoh

Frontiers in Marine Science

277 views

Original Research

Accepted on 05 Nov 2025

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

in Coral Reef Research

Thamasak Yeemin
Charernmee Chamchoy
Wanlaya Klinthong
Sittiporn Pengsakun
Wirat Banleng
Chanansiri Phutthaphibankun
Phatthira Karnpakob
Wichin Suebpala
Makamas Sutthacheep

Frontiers in Marine Science

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Original Research

Published on 31 Oct 2025

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

in Coral Reef Research

Makamas Sutthacheep
Charernmee Chamchoy
Wichin Suebpala
Arirush Wongnutpranont
Laongdow Jungrak
Wiphawan Aunkhongthong
Sittiporn Pengsakun
Wanlaya Klinthong
Morakot Jowantha
Laddawan Sangsawang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1669901

1,170 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2025

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

in Coral Reef Research

Daniela Escontrela Dieguez
Roseanna M. Lee
Courtney S. Couch
Jonathan A. Charendoff
Tye L. Kindinger

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1577091

1,018 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Oct 2025

Hydro- and sediment dynamics in a cold-water coral reef: insights from a 3D numerical model

in Coral Reef Research

Gerhard Bartzke
Dierk Hebbeln
Katrin Huhn

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1654625

1,019 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Oct 2025

Submarine groundwater discharge creates cold‐water refugia that can mitigate exposure of heat stress in nearshore corals

in Coral Reef Research

Eric E. Grossman
Ferdinand K. J. Oberle
Curt D. Storlazzi

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1621298

1,328 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Oct 2025

Characteristics and primary controls of coral reef carbonate karstification in the South China Sea since the Miocene

in Coral Reef Research

Yang Yang
Kefu Yu
Bin Xiong
Wei Jiang
Shendong Xu
Rui Wang
Tianlai Fan

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1619169

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Original Research

Published on 25 Sep 2025

Multi-specific coral spawning and monsoonal transitions: assemblage-level observations from Baa Atoll, Maldives

in Coral Reef Research

Amelia J. F. Errington
Kate Moody
Thomas Le Berre

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1646721

1,555 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Sep 2025

Apicomplexan and non-metazoan microeukaryotes in the thermosensitive reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus shift in abundance throughout an extreme coral bleaching event

in Coral Reef Research

Athena Peterson
Sunni Patton
Emily R. Schmeltzer
Carsten G. B. Grupstra
Lauren I. Howe-Kerr
J. Grace Klinges
Rebecca L. Maher
Adriana Messyasz
Sarah Seabrook
Andrew R. Thurber

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1626071

1,654 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Microplastic exposure under future oceanic conditions further threatens an endangered coral, Acropora cervicornis

in Coral Reef Research

Sharla Sugierski
Chad Campbell
Emily R. Hall
Matthew McLean
Nicole D. Fogarty

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1615308

2,565 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Twenty years of change in a southeast Florida Acropora cervicornis thicket

in Coral Reef Research

Daniel M. Perez
Nicholas P. Jones
Elizabeth A. Goergen
David S. Gilliam

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1641098

1,493 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Status of Florida’s pillar coral population: in situ declines and ex situ successes

in Coral Reef Research

Karen L. Neely
Rachel M. Morgan
Keri L. O’Neil
Nikkie Cox
David S. Gilliam
Michelle B. Mair
Brian K. Walker
Amanda Zummo
Cailin Harrell
Ananda Ellis

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1650422

1,661 views