Despite the well known discrimination among substrata by settling larvae of benthic marine invertebrates, there is limited evidence showing that recruits benefit from the microhabitats selected. To explore the fitness consequences of substrate selecti . . .

There is now widespread consensus that climate change-related increases in seawater temperature have become a leading cause of coral mortality by bleaching. However, despite widely reported and geographically extensive coral-bleaching episodes, little . . .

Most coral reefs differ from those visited by explorers in the 15th century and described by ecologists in the 195s, and reports of degraded reefs and hypotheses regarding the implications of the changes abound. Tests of these hypotheses require decad . . .

Recent studies of hydrozoans suggest that metabolic factors associated with the physiology of gastrovascular fluid transport play a role in regulating morphogenetic development of colonies. In that context, the objective of this study was to develop a . . .

There is increasing evidence that facilitative effects of various organisms can play important roles in community organization. However, on tropical coral reefs, where scleractinian corals have long been recognized as important foundation species crea . . .

Structural refuges within which prey can escape from predators can be an important limiting resource for the prey. In a manner that resembles the childhood game of musical chairs, many prey species rapidly retreat to shared, unguarded refuges whenever . . .