A hybrid open access journal • ISSN 0007-4977 / Online 1553-6955
The 5th Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium (APCRS) was held in Singapore from 19th to 23rd June, 2023. This special issue presents studies from the symposium, reflecting the breadth and depth of research on coral reef systems conducted across the Asia-Pacific region. Through the symposium platform...
Abstract Marine aquaculture, defined here as aquaculture that takes place in coastal, nearshore, and offshore environments, has great potential for sustainable development in the United States. While the United States’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) supports many ocean uses and socio-ecological systems, an ecosystem siting and management...
Fishers in the United States pelagic longline fishery are required to self-report all fishing interactions (captures) on a per-set basis to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to quantify catch, increase conservation efforts, and allow for an accounting of international quota-managed species. Additionally, trained...
Over the past decade, the Arabian Sea has witnessed an increase in tropical cyclones during the pre- monsoon and post-monsoon months, resulting in heightened devastation across the vulnerable low-lying coral islands in the Lakshadweep Sea along the southwest coast of India. Our underwater survey-based study—focused...
This open access special issue focuses on large-scale monitoring efforts that inform ecological and management topics that are highly relevant and timely as coral reefs worldwide continue to decline....
Coralliths are spherical, free-living (motile), scleractinian colonies inhabiting present day and ancient coral reefs. They form by the coral rolling on the seabed which can occur through biological and/or physical processes. While diving and snorkeling in nearshore environments in the upper Florida Keys, we observed...
This study describes the morphology and ultrastructure of the oocysts of a new species of the genus Nematopsis infecting different organs of the surf clam Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca, Bivalvia) on the Portuguese Atlantic coast....