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CORALS REEFS Volume 36, No. 1

The latest issue of the Society’s Journal Coral Reefs (vol. 36, no. 1) has now been published by Springer. Members can access all articles free-of-charge via after logging in to their account on the membership services page: http://coralreefs.org/membership/membership-services/. The contents include the following:

  • Working with, not against, coral-reef fisheries: Charles Birkeland
  • Coral calcification under environmental change: a direct comparison of the alkalinity anomaly and buoyant weight techniques: Verena Schoepf et al.
  • Recurrent partial mortality events in winter shape the dynamics of the zooxanthellate coral Oculina patagonica at high latitude in the Mediterranean: Eduard Serrano, Marta Ribes & Rafel Coma
  • Low sediment loads affect survival of coral recruits: the first weeks are crucial: Mareen Moeller et al.
  • Spatial refugia mediate juvenile coral survival during coral–predator interactions: Clare Gallagher & Christopher Doropoulos
  • Validation of degree heating weeks as a coral bleaching index in the northwestern Pacific: Hajime Kayanne
  • Higher species richness of octocorals in the upper mesophotic zone in Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba) compared to shallower reef zones: Erez Shoham & Yehuda Benayahu
  • The reproductive biology and early life ecology of a common Caribbean brain coral, Diploria labyrinthiformis (Scleractinia: Faviinae): Valérie F. Chamberland,
  • Metabolite profiling of symbiont and host during thermal stress and bleaching in the coral Acropora aspera: Katie E. Hillyer et al.
  • Trans-generational specificity within a cnidarian–algal symbiosis: D. M. Poland & M. A. Coffroth
  • Thermosensitive period of sex determination in the coral-reef damselfish Acanthochromis polyacanthus and the implications of projected ocean warming: G. G. Rodgers, J. M. Donelson & P. L. Munday
  • The functional importance of Acropora austera as nursery areas for juvenile reef fish on South African coral reefs: C. Floros & M. H. Schleyer
  • The relative influence of abundance and priority effects on colonization success in a coral-reef fish: Shane W. Geange et al.
  • Depth distribution and abundance of a coral-associated reef fish: roles of recruitment and post-recruitment processes: Patrick F. Smallhorn-West et al.
  • Forecasting lionfish sources and sinks in the Atlantic: are Gulf of Mexico reef fisheries at risk? Matthew W. Johnston et al.
  • Making evolutionary history count: biodiversity planning for coral reef fishes and the conservation of evolutionary processes: Sophie von der Heyden
  • Cross-continent comparisons reveal differing environmental drivers of growth of the coral reef fish, Lutjanus bohar: Joyce J. L. Ong et al.
  • Small cryptopredators contribute to high predation rates on coral reefs: Christopher H. R. Goatley et al.
  • No change in subordinate butterflyfish diets following removal of behaviourally dominant species: Shane A. Blowes, Morgan S. Pratchett & Sean R. Connolly
  • Life history, larval dispersal, and connectivity in coral reef fish among the Scattered Islands of the Mozambique Channel: James L. O’Donnell et al.
  • Biophysical connectivity explains population genetic structure in a highly dispersive marine species: Nathan K. Truelove et al.
  • Mapping coral reefs using consumer-grade drones and structure from motion photogrammetry techniques: Elisa Casella et al.
  • Paternal identity influences response of Acanthaster planci embryos to ocean acidification and warming: Kate M. Sparks et al.
  • Specialist and generalist symbionts show counterintuitive levels of genetic diversity and discordant demographic histories along the Florida Reef Tract: Benjamin M. Titus & Marymegan Daly