Published in PLoS One on August 17, 2010
Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. PLoS One (2010) 2.69
Sediment and turbidity associated with offshore dredging increase coral disease prevalence on nearby reefs. PLoS One (2014) 1.82
Severe 2010 cold-water event caused unprecedented mortality to corals of the Florida reef tract and reversed previous survivorship patterns. PLoS One (2011) 1.70
Seasonal rainfall and runoff promote coral disease on an inshore reef. PLoS One (2011) 1.41
Quantifying climatological ranges and anomalies for Pacific coral reef ecosystems. PLoS One (2013) 1.36
Unprecedented mass bleaching and loss of coral across 12° of latitude in Western Australia in 2010-11. PLoS One (2012) 1.22
Changes in bleaching susceptibility among corals subject to ocean warming and recurrent bleaching in Moorea, French Polynesia. PLoS One (2013) 1.03
Managing marine disease emergencies in an era of rapid change. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2016) 1.01
Improving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2016) 1.00
Surviving coral bleaching events: porites growth anomalies on the Great Barrier Reef. PLoS One (2014) 0.94
A framework for responding to coral disease outbreaks that facilitates adaptive management. Environ Manage (2011) 0.92
Hyperspectral sensing of disease stress in the Caribbean reef-building coral, Orbicella faveolata - perspectives for the field of coral disease monitoring. PLoS One (2013) 0.89
Warming Trends and Bleaching Stress of the World's Coral Reefs 1985-2012. Sci Rep (2016) 0.82
Conservation Planning for Coral Reefs Accounting for Climate Warming Disturbances. PLoS One (2015) 0.81
Temperature-induced behavioral switches in a bacterial coral pathogen. ISME J (2015) 0.79
Baseline coral disease surveys within three marine parks in Sabah, Borneo. PeerJ (2015) 0.78
Modeling the Impact of White-Plague Coral Disease in Climate Change Scenarios. PLoS Comput Biol (2015) 0.77
Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals. PeerJ (2016) 0.77
Assessing coral health and disease from digital photographs and in situ surveys. Environ Monit Assess (2016) 0.75
Catastrophes, phase shifts, and large-scale degradation of a Caribbean coral reef. Science (1994) 12.98
Emerging marine diseases--climate links and anthropogenic factors. Science (1999) 10.22
Climate warming and disease risks for terrestrial and marine biota. Science (2002) 9.79
Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks. PLoS Biol (2007) 5.99
Coral pathogens identified for White Syndrome (WS) epizootics in the Indo-Pacific. PLoS One (2008) 2.48
How microbial community composition regulates coral disease development. PLoS Biol (2010) 1.44
Dynamics of seasonal outbreaks of black band disease in an assemblage of Montipora species at Pelorus Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia). Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.31
Dynamics and impact of the coral disease white plague: insights from a simulation model. Dis Aquat Organ (2009) 0.97
Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks. PLoS Biol (2007) 5.99
Long-term aridity changes in the western United States. Science (2004) 5.79
Sequencing and de novo analysis of a coral larval transcriptome using 454 GSFlx. BMC Genomics (2009) 5.14
Microbial ecology of four coral atolls in the Northern Line Islands. PLoS One (2008) 4.48
Flexibility in algal endosymbioses shapes growth in reef corals. Science (2004) 3.48
Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. PLoS One (2010) 2.69
Coral pathogens identified for White Syndrome (WS) epizootics in the Indo-Pacific. PLoS One (2008) 2.48
Avoiding coral reef functional collapse requires local and global action. Curr Biol (2013) 2.35
Poorly cemented coral reefs of the eastern tropical Pacific: possible insights into reef development in a high-CO2 world. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 2.27
Species-specific interactions between algal endosymbionts and coral hosts define their bleaching response to heat and light stress. Proc Biol Sci (2008) 1.80
Effects of algal turfs and sediment on coral settlement. Mar Pollut Bull (2004) 1.79
Coral-associated bacteria and their role in the biogeochemical cycling of sulfur. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 1.73
Do the organic sulfur compounds DMSP and DMS drive coral microbial associations? Trends Microbiol (2010) 1.54
Climate change influences on marine infectious diseases: implications for management and society. Ann Rev Mar Sci (2013) 1.46
Prioritizing key resilience indicators to support coral reef management in a changing climate. PLoS One (2012) 1.45
Incorporating adaptive responses into future projections of coral bleaching. Glob Chang Biol (2014) 1.45
Assembly rules of reef corals are flexible along a steep climatic gradient. Curr Biol (2012) 1.42
Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change. Ecol Lett (2010) 1.42
Seasonal rainfall and runoff promote coral disease on an inshore reef. PLoS One (2011) 1.41
Diversities of coral-associated bacteria differ with location, but not species, for three acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (2009) 1.39
Evidence of an inflammatory-like response in non-normally pigmented tissues of two scleractinian corals. Proc Biol Sci (2008) 1.38
Corals form characteristic associations with symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol (2012) 1.34
Dynamics of seasonal outbreaks of black band disease in an assemblage of Montipora species at Pelorus Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia). Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.31
The roles and interactions of symbiont, host and environment in defining coral fitness. PLoS One (2009) 1.29
Chimerism in wild adult populations of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef. PLoS One (2009) 1.28
Metagenomic analysis of the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef. Environ Microbiol Rep (2011) 1.25
Onset of algal endosymbiont specificity varies among closely related species of Acropora corals during early ontogeny. Mol Ecol (2009) 1.24
Successional changes in bacterial communities during the development of black band disease on the reef coral, Montipora hispida. ISME J (2009) 1.23
Spatio-temporal coral disease dynamics in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia. Dis Aquat Organ (2009) 1.19
Global coral disease prevalence associated with sea temperature anomalies and local factors. Dis Aquat Organ (2012) 1.18
Microarray analysis reveals transcriptional plasticity in the reef building coral Acropora millepora. Mol Ecol (2009) 1.17
DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response. Nature (2013) 1.17
Operationalizing resilience for adaptive coral reef management under global environmental change. Glob Chang Biol (2014) 1.16
Historical thermal regimes define limits to coral acclimatization. Ecology (2013) 1.16
Responses of coral-associated bacterial communities to heat stress differ with Symbiodinium type on the same coral host. Mol Ecol (2010) 1.14
Amplicon pyrosequencing reveals spatial and temporal consistency in diazotroph assemblages of the Acropora millepora microbiome. Environ Microbiol (2014) 1.14
Spawning times, reproductive compatibilities and genetic structuring in the Acropora aspera group: evidence for natural hybridization and semi-permeable species boundaries in corals. Mol Ecol (2002) 1.14
Identification of a ciliate (Oligohymenophorea: Scuticociliatia) associated with brown band disease on corals of the Great Barrier Reef. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.14
Levels of immunity parameters underpin bleaching and disease susceptibility of reef corals. FASEB J (2010) 1.13
Vibrio zinc-metalloprotease causes photoinactivation of coral endosymbionts and coral tissue lesions. PLoS One (2009) 1.13
The urgent need for robust coral disease diagnostics. PLoS Pathog (2011) 1.12
Reproductive energy investment in corals: scaling with module size. Oecologia (2003) 1.08
Highly infectious symbiont dominates initial uptake in coral juveniles. Mol Ecol (2009) 1.00
Onset and establishment of diazotrophs and other bacterial associates in the early life history stages of the coral Acropora millepora. Mol Ecol (2014) 0.99
Some rare Indo-Pacific coral species are probable hybrids. PLoS One (2008) 0.97
Growth anomalies on the coral genera Acropora and Porites are strongly associated with host density and human population size across the Indo-Pacific. PLoS One (2011) 0.97
Phylogeny of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus. Environ Microbiol Rep (2010) 0.97
A single cyanobacterial ribotype is associated with both red and black bands on diseased corals from Palau. Dis Aquat Organ (2006) 0.95
Growth rates of Florida corals from 1937 to 1996 and their response to climate change. Nat Commun (2011) 0.92
Influence of marine reserves on coral disease prevalence. Dis Aquat Organ (2009) 0.92
A framework for responding to coral disease outbreaks that facilitates adaptive management. Environ Manage (2011) 0.92
The importance of coral larval recruitment for the recovery of reefs impacted by cyclone Yasi in the central Great Barrier Reef. PLoS One (2013) 0.88
Assessing methods for identifying pair-wise atomic contacts across binding interfaces. J Struct Biol (2005) 0.88
Corals use similar immune cells and wound-healing processes as those of higher organisms. PLoS One (2011) 0.86
Effects of delayed settlement on post-settlement growth and survival of scleractinian coral larvae. Oecologia (2013) 0.84
Expression of putative immune response genes during early ontogeny in the coral Acropora millepora. PLoS One (2012) 0.84
Using coral disease prevalence to assess the effects of concentrating tourism activities on offshore reefs in a tropical marine park. Conserv Biol (2011) 0.83
Impact of light and temperature on the uptake of algal symbionts by coral juveniles. PLoS One (2012) 0.83
Spatial and temporal genetic structure of Symbiodinium populations within a common reef-building coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Mol Ecol (2013) 0.82
Protected areas mitigate diseases of reef-building corals by reducing damage from fishing. Ecology (2015) 0.81
Detection and quantification of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus by real-time PCR with TaqMan fluorescent probes. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.80
Apparent involvement of a beta1 type integrin in coral fertilization. Mar Biotechnol (NY) (2007) 0.77
Physical qualities predict change-of-direction speed but not defensive agility in Australian rules football. J Strength Cond Res (2015) 0.77
Incorporating climate and ocean change into extinction risk assessments for 82 coral species. Conserv Biol (2013) 0.77
The role of environment and microorganisms in diseases of corals: overview of DAO Special 5. Dis Aquat Organ (2009) 0.76
Correction: Sediment and Turbidity Associated with Offshore Dredging Increase Coral Disease Prevalence on Nearby Reefs. PLoS One (2016) 0.75