Nature Ecology & Evolution's Focus on coral reefs brings together recent research and opinion published in Nature Research journals on the fundamentals of reef systems and how our activities are affecting them. Here are some coral reef highlights from the community site:
Decoding the genomes of coral reef symbionts
Global warming and repeated bouts of coral bleaching
What happens to fisheries when coral reefs bleach?
Don’t give up on local efforts for coral reefs
Acid oceans will dissolve coral reef sands
Industrial pollution in coral reef ecosystems disrupts fish survival
The other side to mass coral bleaching
The deeply appalling condition of the Great Barrier Reef
Hurricanes, octopods, and the "gene list": the challenges of ecological genomics in the sea
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