This article presents the development of an underwater gripper that utilizes soft robotics
technology to delicately manipulate and sample fragile species on the deep reef. Existing …

Over the past three decades, massive bleaching events of zooxanthellate corals have been
documented across the range of global distribution. Although the phenomenon is correlated …

Anthropogenic-driven accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and projected
ocean acidification have raised concerns regarding the eventual impact on coral reefs. This …

O 2 photoreduction by photosynthetic electron transfer, the Mehler reaction [1], was observed
in all groups of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms [2–4], but the electron transport chain …

Worldwide, many marine coastal habitats are facing rapid deterioration due in part to human-driven
changes in habitat characteristics, including changes in flow patterns, a factor known …

During the past several decades, numerous reports from disparate geographical areas have
documented an increased frequency of “bleaching” in reef-forming corals. The phenomenon…

The discovery of fluorescent proteins has revolutionized experimental biology. Whereas the
majority of fluorescent proteins have been identified from cnidarians, recently several …

10.7554/eLife.13288.001 Transcriptome and genome data from twenty stony coral species
and a selection of reference bilaterians were studied to elucidate coral evolutionary history. …

The attenuation of light with increasing depth, along with reduced exposure to wave stress,
plays an important role in vertically structuring coral reef communities. Benthic photosynthetic …

The light-limited environment of tropical coral reefs has not been intensively studied due to
technical limitations. Studying this vast part of the coral reef is paramount to understanding …