Coral Microbiome Corals get their auras read Corals, depending on dominant cover type, can influence the microbial community living in the surrounding water. Read on to find…
Coral I’m Gonna Soak Up the Sun: Sunscreen’s Impact on Coral Communities Sunscreen prevents skin cancer but may also be linked to coral bleaching and harm to coral larvae. Read more to…
Behavior Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Coral Ecology Human impacts Small MPAs: the new all-you-can-eat buffets? Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a popular conservation tool and are in many situations very effective. Unfortunately, as with many…
Biology Book Review Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Coral Ecology Human impacts Modeling Hard Coral or Macroalgae? Coral Reefs May Have Another Option Most of the time coral reef communities are discussed, it seems the focus is whether they’re dominated by hard coral…
Book Review Coral Methodology Ocean Exploration Remote Sensing Survey technology Ocean mapping on a budget The seafloor is complex and mapping it is difficult because direct observations are hindered because it is underwater. Scientists have…
Biology Conservation Coral deep sea Ecology Ocean Exploration Science Communication Giving Thanks for the Ocean: The gratitude of the writers Today is the day after Thanksgiving, but I think the spirit of gratitude should live on. Many of the other…
Behavior Book Review Coral Ecology Evolution Parasitism Seagrass Grunts and Gnathiids: One Fish’s Daily Migration to Escape Parasites? Animals move for a number of reasons. The French grunt leaves the coral reefs at night for seagrass. A group…
Climate Change Coral Ecology Evolution Microbiology Natural History Speed dating: how finding that special symbiosis saved some coral from climate change Choosing the right symbiont might be a coral's ticket to cheating global warming.
Conservation Coral Ecology Fisheries How badly do coral reefs and sharks need each other? Overfishing threatens the populations of reef sharks that act as the top of the food chain on coral reefs. Their…
Behavior Biology Climate Change Coral Fisheries Changing with the environment: how resilient are coral reef fish? Coral reef fish are some of the most sensitive animals to climate change. How will coral reef fish respond to…
Biology Conservation Coral Ecology The importance of sea urchins A look into Valeska’s graduate research. Why coral reefs depend on the long spined black sea urchin for survival.
Coral Evolution Geology Ocean Exploration Happy Birthday Charles Darwin 207 years ago, a renowned naturalist and geologist was born; Charles Darwin. Today OceanBites is honoring Charles Darwin and his…
Coastal Management Conservation Coral Fisheries How to Stop Dragging Our Assets: The World’s First Fishery Habitat Quota Setting limits on fish catch is standard practice in fisheries management. For the first time in history, limits on habitat…
Conservation Coral Human impacts Noise Small boats drowning out natural reef noise? Don’t you hate when noises interfere with your daily activities and conversations? We create lots of noise in the environment…
Biology Climate Change Conservation Coral Ecology Human impacts Pollution Wake-up Call: Global Oceans in Big Trouble! Our global oceans are in a state of crisis. A new report from the WWF paints a bleak picture: human…
Biochemistry Biogeochemistry Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Coral Ecology French Polynesia geochemistry Ocean Acidification How a whole reef community’s response to OA is impacted by the individual responses of different players Researchers from California used a unique ex situ experiment to monitor two near identical reef communities in different concentrations of…
Book Review Conservation Coral Ecology Fisheries Switching it up: When do predation and habitat control damselfish abundance? Another tale of how the loss of predators due to overfishing might impact coral reefs, but this one has a…
Climate Change Conservation Coral Ecology The benefits of warmer parents, and who’s your mama … when you’re a coral Why some coral can take the heat better than others is in their DNA.
Biology Coral Ecology Fisheries Human impacts Sponges Out of Control: Another Effect of Overfishing When you think about threats to coral reefs, you don’t think “Sponges!”, do you? But you might come up with…
Biology Climate Change Coral Ecology Ocean Acidification Physiology Consummate Corals: resilience in an acidifying ocean Gloom and doom has been the dominant message associated with climate change. However, it is important to remember that when…