Coral Reef Science
Strategy for Ecosystem Symbiosis and Coexistence with Humans under Multiple Stresses
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Characteristics of Wave Dissipation and Setup on Coral Reefs Around Tropical Islands
Conservation and restoration of corals can be a potential nature-based solution for sustainable disaster prevention and mitigation under the threat of sea level rise due to global warming because it may adapti...
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High abundances of zooxanthellate zoantharians (Palythoa and Zoanthus) at multiple natural analogues: potential model anthozoans?
Whilst natural analogues for future ocean conditions such as CO2 seeps and enclosed lagoons in coral reef regions have received much recent research attention, most efforts in such locations have focused on the e...
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Open AccessTrajectory to local extinction of an isolated dugong population near Okinawa Island, Japan
A small animal population becomes extinct owing to demographic and environmental stochasticity after declining below the minimum viable population (MVP). However, the actual process of extinction derived by st...
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Unexpected high abundance of aragonite-forming Nanipora (Octocorallia: Helioporacea) at an acidified volcanic reef in southern Japan
Nanipora Miyazaki & Reimer, 2015 is a recently discovered genus of aragonite-skeleton producing octocorals closely related to the blue coral genus Heliopora de Blainville, 1830. Since its discovery, Nanipora has ...
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Open AccessAnthropogenic Anoxic History of the Tuvalu Atoll Recorded as Annual Black Bands in Coral
Atoll islands are small, low-lying and highly vulnerable to sea level rise (SLR). Because these islands are fully composed of the skeletons from coral reef creatures, the healthy coral ecosystem plays a pivota...
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Validation of degree heating weeks as a coral bleaching index in the northwestern Pacific
Mass bleaching is the most significant threat to coral reefs. The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitors world sea surface temperature (SST) and releases warnings for bleaching ...
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Shell productivity of the large benthic foraminifer Baculogypsina sphaerulata, based on the population dynamics in a tropical reef environment
Carbonate production by large benthic foraminifers is sometimes comparable to that of corals and coralline algae, and contributes to sedimentation on reef islands and beaches in the tropical Pacific. Populatio...
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Erratum to: Coral Reefs of the World
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Response of Coral Reefs to Global Warming
The atmospheric CO2 crossed over 400 ppm and we must prepare for a “+2 °C world” during this century. Coral reefs are directly related to each scenario of global warming: increase in CO2 results in ocean acidific...
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Water Circulation in a Fringing Reef and Implications for Coral Distribution and Resilience
Shiraho Reef, Ishigaki Island, Southwest Japan is characterized by (1) a lack of prominent channels, which causes ponding at low tide, (2) its location in a monsoon area, which causes the dominant wind directi...
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Spatial community shift from hard to soft corals in acidified water
Research combining the analysis of coral distribution in volcanically acidified waters with laboratory culture experiments indicates that reef communities may shift from reef-building hard corals to non-reef-b...
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Open AccessAnthropogenic impacts on water quality of the lagoonal coast of Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu
Water pollution, evident by negative values of redox potential in waters, occurs at the lagoonal coast located near the densely populated area of Fongafale Islet on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Central Pacific. Sed...
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Estimating photophysiological condition of endosymbiont-bearing Baculogypsina sphaerulata based on the holobiont color represented in CIE L*a*b* color space
Symbiont-bearing large benthic foraminifers (LBFs) are widely distributed around coral reefs. If the physiological responses of LBFs to environmental changes can be recognized at an individual level, LBFs coul...
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Sea Level Change and Its Effect on Reef Growth
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Evaluation of spatial correlation between nutrient exchange rates and benthic biota in a reef-flat ecosystem by GIS-assisted flow-tracking
A Geographic Information System (GIS)-aided flow-tracking technique was adopted to investigate nutrient exchange rates between specific benthic communities and overlying seawater in a fringing reef of Ishigaki...
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Relationship of species composition of tropical seagrass meadows to multiple physical environmental factors
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between species composition of tropical seagrasses and various physical environmental factors: depth, sediment thickness and silt–clay content in the s...
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Nitrogen fixation of filamentous cyanobacteria in a coral reef measured using three different methods
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Achieving High Time-Resolution with a New Flow-through Type Analyzer for Total Inorganic Carbon in Seawater
A fully automated, continuous-flow-through type analyzer was developed to observe rapid changes in the concentration of total inorganic carbon (CT) in coastal zones. Seawater and an H3PO4 solution were fed into t...
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Impacts on Hydrology/Water Resources and Water Environment
Though the average annual precipitation in Japan is comparatively high on a global basis, precipitation varies significantly across both time and space. In addition, a steep terrain with short rivers and narro...
