Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

Tom Schils, Ph.D. (UOG Marine Laboratory): “Crustose calcifying red algae: Climate change winners on Guam’s reefs – Their abundance and contribution to the carbonate budget of coral reefs.” ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

Fossils from 7,000-year-old Caribbean reefs show a 75% drop in sharks and a rise in prey fish numbers and size.