Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition

1. Coral Research: Past Efforts and Future Horizons
Robert H. Richmond, Eric Wolanski

2. The Paleoecology of Coral Reefs
John M. Pandolfi

3. Remote Sensing of Coral Reef Processes
Eric J. Hochberg

4. Coral Taxonomy and Evolution
John (Charlie) E. N. Veron

5. The Coral Triangle
John (Charlie) E. N. Veron, Lyndon M. DeVantier, Emre Turak, Alison L. Green, Stuart Kininmonth, M. Stafford-Smith, N. Peterson

6. Sexual Reproduction of Scleractinian Corals
Peter L. Harrison

7. Zooxanthellae: The Yellow Symbionts Inside Animals
Noga Stambler

8. Light as a Source of Information and Energy in Zooxanthellate Corals
Zvy Dubinsky, Paul Falkowski

9. Coral Calcification, Cells to Reefs
Denis Allemand, Éric Tambutté, Didier Zoccola, Sylvie Tambutté

10. Coral Calcification Under Ocean Acidification and Global Change
Jonathan Erez, Stéphanie Reynaud, Jacob Silverman, Kenneth Schneider, Denis Allemand

11. Simulating and Quantifying the Environmental Influence on Coral Colony Growth and Form
Jaap A. Kaandorp, Maxim Filatov, Nol Chindapol

12. Physiological Adaptation to Symbiosis in Cnidarians
Paola Furla, Sophie Richier, Denis Allemand

13. Biogeochemistry of Nutrients
Marlin J. Atkinson

14. The Role of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen (DON) in Coral Biology and Reef Ecology
Yoshimi Suzuki, Beatriz E. Casareto

15. The Role of Plankton in Coral Trophodynamics
Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Mia Hoogenboom, Fanny Houlbrèque

16. Fish or Germs? Microbial Dynamics Associated with Changing Trophic Structures on Coral Reefs
Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Forest Rohwer

17. Coral Reef Algae
Peggy Fong, Valerie J. Paul

18. Invertebrates and Their Roles in Coral Reef Ecosystems
Peter W. Glynn, Ian C. Enochs

19. Coral Reef Fishes: Opportunities, Challenges and Concerns
W. Linn Montgomery

20. Competition Among Sessile Organisms on Coral Reefs
Nanette E. Chadwick, Kathleen M. Morrow

21. Scaling Up Models of the Dynamics of Coral Reef Ecosystems: An Approach for Science-Based Management of Global Change
Jesús Ernesto Arias-González, Craig Johnson, Rob M. Seymour, Pascal Perez, Porfirio Aliño

22. The Impact of Climate Change on Coral Reef Ecosystems
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

23. Coral Bleaching: Causes and Mechanisms
Michael P. Lesser

24. The Potential for Temperature Acclimatisation of Reef Corals in the Face of Climate Change
Barbara E. Brown, Andrew R. Cossins

25. Reef Bioerosion: Agents and Processes
Aline Tribollet, Stjepko Golubic

26. Microbial Diseases of Corals: Pathology and Ecology
Eugene Rosenberg, Ariel Kushmaro

27. Coral Reef Diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean
Ernesto Weil, Caroline S. Rogers

28. Factors Determining the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Eutrophication: A Review and Conceptual Model
Katharina E. Fabricius

29. The Resilience of Coral Reefs and Its Implications for Reef Management
Peter J. Mumby, Robert S. Steneck

Keywords: Environment, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Ecology