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Open AccessInter-annual variability patterns of reef cryptobiota in the central Red Sea across a shelf gradient
The combination of molecular tools, standard surveying techniques, and long-term monitoring programs are relevant to understanding environmental and ecological changes in coral reef communities. Here we studie...
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Open AccessRank change and growth within social hierarchies of the orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula
Social hierarchies within groups define the distribution of resources and provide benefits that support the collective group or favor dominant members. The progression of individuals through social hierarchies...
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Prokaryote Communities Inhabiting Endemic and Newly Discovered Sponges and Octocorals from the Red Sea
In the present study, we assessed prokaryotic communities of demosponges, a calcareous sponge, octocorals, sediment and seawater in coral reef habitat of the central Red Sea, including endemic species and spec...
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Open AccessFine-scale delineation of Symbiodiniaceae genotypes on a previously bleached central Red Sea reef system demonstrates a prevalence of coral host-specific associations
Widespread coral bleaching occurred in the central Red Sea in 2010 and 2015. During both events, a cross-shelf and depth gradient of bleaching severity was identified within the Thuwal reef system, central Red...
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Open AccessCross-shelf investigation of coral reef cryptic benthic organisms reveals diversity patterns of the hidden majority
Coral reefs harbor diverse assemblages of organisms yet the majority of this diversity is hidden within the three dimensional structure of the reef and neglected using standard visual surveys. This study uses ...
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Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis
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On the paraphyly of Cytaeididae and placement of Cytaeis within the suborder Filifera (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata)
Identification of hydrozoans of the family Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862 is confused due to their morphological similarity, to the shortage of morphological characteristics, and to a lack of molecular data. In ...
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Hybridization between damselfishes Dascyllus aruanus and D. reticulatus on the Great Barrier Reef
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Christmas tree worms evade smothering by a coral-killing sponge in the Red Sea
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Population connectivity and the effectiveness of marine protected areas to protect vulnerable, exploited and endemic coral reef fishes at an endemic hotspot
Marine protected areas (MPAs) aim to mitigate anthropogenic impacts by conserving biodiversity and preventing overfishing. The effectiveness of MPAs depends on population connectivity patterns between protecte...
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Not finding Nemo: limited reef-scale retention in a coral reef fish
The spatial scale of larval dispersal is a key predictor of marine metapopulation dynamics and an important factor in the design of reserve networks. Over the past 15 yr, studies of larval dispersal in coral r...
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Erratum to: Multi-species spawning synchrony within scleractinian coral assemblages in the Red Sea
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Multi-species spawning synchrony within scleractinian coral assemblages in the Red Sea
Early work on coral reproduction in the far northern Red Sea suggested that the spawning times of ecologically abundant species did not overlap, unlike on the Great Barrier Reef where many species spawn with h...
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First report of tubular corallites on Stylophora caused by a symbiotic copepod crustacean
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First record of living Manta alfredi × Manta birostris hybrid
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Topography and biological noise determine acoustic detectability on coral reefs
Acoustic telemetry is an increasingly common tool for studying the movement patterns, behavior and site fidelity of marine organisms, but to accurately interpret acoustic data, the variability, periodicity and...
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Open AccessFirst biological measurements of deep-sea corals from the Red Sea
It is usually assumed that metabolic constraints restrict deep-sea corals to cold-water habitats, with ‘deep-sea’ and ‘cold-water’ corals often used as synonymous. Here we report on the first measurements of b...
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The status of coral reef ecology research in the Red Sea
The Red Sea has long been recognized as a region of high biodiversity and endemism. Despite this diversity and early history of scientific work, our understanding of the ecology of coral reefs in the Red Sea ...
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Susceptibility of central Red Sea corals during a major bleaching event
A major coral bleaching event occurred in the central Red Sea near Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, in the summer of 2010, when the region experienced up to 10–11 degree heating weeks. We documented the susceptibility of...
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Differences in demographic traits of four butterflyfish species between two reefs of the Great Barrier Reef separated by 1,200 km
Many species demonstrate variation in life history attributes in response to gradients in environmental conditions. For fishes, major drivers of life history variation are changes in temperature and food avail...
