Coral reefs are undergoing a severe decline due to ocean acidification, seawater warming and anthropogenic eutrophication. We demonstrate the applicability of Deep Learning (DL) for following these changes. We examined the distribution and frequency...
The ecology of habitats along the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) shelf-break has rarely been investigated. Thus, there is little understanding of how associated fishes interact with deeper environments. We examined relationships between deep-reef fish comm...
French Polynesia is experiencing increasing coral bleaching events in shallow waters triggered by thermal anomalies and marine heatwaves linked to climate change, a trend that is replicated worldwide. As sea surface thermal anomalies are assumed to l...
Cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are considered “hotspots” of biodiversity in deep-sea environments. Like tropical coral reefs, these habitats are subject to climate and anthropogenic threats. The use of remotely operated vehicles (ROVSs) in...
To map ecological units in mesophotic coral ecosystems on the western side of San Andrés Island (Colombia) considering biotic components and geomorphic zonation among 30–140 m deep, 27 video transects were done using an ROV. In total, 14...
Mesophotic ecosystems (MEs) are characterized by the presence of light-dependent organisms, found at depths ranging from ~30 to 150 m in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions. These communities occasionally create massive reef structures with d...
Seagrass meadows are a key ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, providing one of the natural heritage attributes underpinning the reef’s outstanding universal value. We reviewed approaches employed to date to create maps of...
Corals play a crucial role as the primary habitat-building organisms within reef ecosystems, forming expansive structures that extend over vast distances, akin to the way tall buildings define a city’s skyline. However, coral reefs are vulnerab...
We present thorough this review the developments in the field, point out their current limitations, and outline its timelines and unique potential. In order to do so we introduce the methods used in each of the advances in the application of deep lea...
Coral islands and reefs are formed by the cementation of the remains of shallow water reef-building coral polyps and other reef dwelling organisms in tropical oceans. They can be divided into coral islands, coral sandbanks, coral reefs, and coral sho...
Coral reefs are facing a catastrophic decline due to climate-induced bleaching, threatening critical marine biodiversity. Automated, large-scale monitoring is essential; however, modern object detectors are hindered by two fundamental limitations in...
Coral reefs and their associated marine communities are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic climate change. A key step in the management of climate threats is an efficient and accurate end-to-end system of coral monitoring that can be generally...
Seagrass meadows are an important habitat for a variety of animals, including ecologically and socioeconomically important species. Seagrass meadows are recognised as providing species with nursery grounds, and as a migratory pathway to adjacent habi...
Coral reefs are vital to marine biodiversity but are increasingly threatened by global climate change and human activities, leading to significant declines in live coral cover (LCC). Monitoring LCC is crucial for assessing the health of coral reef ec...
Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea or holothurians) are a valuable fishery and are also crucial nutrient recyclers, bioturbation agents, and hosts for many biotic associates. Their ecological impacts could be substantial given their high abundance in some...
Livestock grazing is a major land use in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area (GBRCA). Heightened grazing density coupled with inadequate land management leads to accelerated soil erosion and increased sediment loads being transported downstream. Ul...
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs: ~30 to 100+ m depth) may be older and more stable than shallow coral ecosystems that are more prone to disturbances in both the long term (glacial sea level cycles) and short term (heavy weather and anthropogenic ac...
Artificial reef detection in multibeam sonar images is an important measure for the monitoring and assessment of biological resources in marine ranching. With respect to how to accurately detect artificial reefs in multibeam sonar images, this paper...
Coral segmentation poses unique challenges due to its irregular morphology and camouflage-like characteristics. These factors often result in low precision, large model parameters, and poor real-time performance. To address these issues, this paper p...
The semantic segmentation of underwater imagery is an important step in the ecological analysis of coral habitats. To date, scientists produce fine-scale area annotations manually, an exceptionally time-consuming task that could be efficiently automa...
Biogenic habitats often form hot spots of biodiversity. However, the role of epibiosis and the ‘habitat cascades’ phenomenon in enhancing structural heterogeneity and biodiversity in biogenic habitats in remote and difficult-to-access are...
Mapping and monitoring coral reef benthic composition using remotely sensed imagery provides a large-scale inference of spatial and temporal dynamics. These maps have become essential components in marine science and management, with their utility be...
Given the global threats towards coral reefs, this conference’s central theme, “Reef coral biotechnology”, is particularly timely. Our goal is to promote communication and dialogue in this field among marine researchers within and o...
Artificial reefs serve as a crucial measure for preventing habitat degradation, enhancing primary productivity in marine areas, and restoring and increasing fishery resources, making them an essential component of marine ranching development. Accurat...
In 2020 marine heatwaves elicited severe bleaching on many of Earth’s coral reefs. We compared coral reef benthic community composition before (April 2020), during (September 2020), and after (December 2020–September 2021) this event at f...
The Upper Permian Changhsingian Jiantissanba reef complex is a well-known platform marginal reef, located in the western Hubei Province, China. Based on field observations and lithological analysis of the entire exposed reef complex, 12 reef facies h...
Climate change poses a significant threat to our planet, particularly affecting intricate marine ecosystems like coral reefs. These ecosystems are crucial for biodiversity and serve as indicators of the overall health of our oceans. To better underst...
Seamounts are the least known ocean biome. Considered biodiversity hotspots, biomass oases, and refuges for megafauna, large gaps exist in their real diversity relative to other ecosystems like coral reefs. Using environmental DNA metabarcoding (eDNA...
Biogenic reefs and carbonate platforms are valuable natural resources, playing an important role in modulating the global climate and in carbon cycles through biological processes. Biogenic reefs in the Xisha (Paracel) Islands began in the late Oligo...
Coral cover worldwide has been declining due to heat stress caused by climate change. Here we report the impacts of the 2015–2016 El Niño mass coral bleaching event on the coral cover of reefs located on central and northern atolls of the Maldives. W...
Oysters are important ecosystem engineers best known to produce large bioconstructions at shallow depth, whilst offshore deep-subtidal oyster reefs are less widely known. Oyster reefs engineered by Neopycnodonte cochlear (family Gryphaeidae) occur at...
Late Pennsylvanian cyclothems are documented from the carbonate platform margin in Guizhou, South China, providing a unique opportunity to study glacio-eustatic fluctuations and their impact on reef development. This paper focuses on a shallow-water,...
Rocky reefs provide important spawning and refuge habitats for lithophilic spawning fishes. However, many reefs have been lost or severely degraded through anthropogenic effects like dredging, channelization, or sedimentation. Constructed reefs have...
Understanding the influence of strike–slip faulting on deep carbonate reservoirs remains challenging. This study integrates core observations, well logging, and seismic interpretation to investigate fracture diagenesis and evaluate the impact o...
Many coral reef systems are shelf-based and consist of reefs that are arranged in rows parallel to the coastline. They usually show an increase in species richness in the offshore direction, coinciding with decreasing terrigenous impact and a deeper...
In the dynamic and increasingly threatened marine environment, understanding the full spatial ecology of species like the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) is crucial for effective conservation. While typically considered a shallow-water species, reef...
Coral-reefs are a significant species in marine life, which are affected by multiple diseases due to the stress and variation in heat under the impact of the ocean. The autonomous monitoring and detection of coral health are crucial for researchers t...
Coral reefs are integral components of tropical coastal marine ecosystems that have considerable capacity to mitigate extreme flows and marine floods caused by storms and tsunamis. However, limited studies on coral reef efficacy in reducing such flow...
UNESCO estimates that our planet’s oceans and lakes are home to more than three million shipwrecks. Of these three million, the locations of only 10% are currently known. Apart from the historical and archaeological interest in finding wrecks,...
Mesophotic reefs are poorly known worldwide despite their great ecological relevance and management importance for coral reef conservation strategies. To aid in filling this gap, we conducted a pioneering, large-scale survey, covering a total of arou...
Coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) are obligate symbionts of stony corals and occur on shallow and deep reefs across the tropical belt. The circumtropical genus Opecarcinus associates with Agariciidae corals, a dominant component of Mesophoti...
Coral reefs are the sub-aqueous calcium carbonate structures collected by the invertebrates known as corals. The charm and beauty of coral reefs attract tourists, and they play a vital role in preserving biodiversity, ceasing coastal erosion, and pro...
Many corals and reef-dwelling organisms are susceptible to the impacts of storm events, which are typically characterized by large inputs of freshwater, sediment, and nutrients. The majority of storm effects are focused on shallow, nearshore reef fla...
In this study, samples were collected from different types of artificial fish reefs and prevention and control areas in the sea areas of the northern part of Da Changshan Island and the northeastern part of Xiao Changshan Island in the North Yellow S...
The largest carbonate condensate field in China has been found in the central Tarim Basin. Ordovician carbonate reservoirs are generally attributed to reef-shoal microfacies along a platform margin. However, recent production success has been achieve...
Climate change is affecting rocky reef ecosystems in a multitude of ways at global scale. During summer 2018, the rocky reef communities of Portofino Marine Protected Area (MPA) (NW Mediterranean) were affected by thermal anomalies, a mucilaginous ev...
Ecosystem monitoring is central to effective management, where rapid reporting is essential to provide timely advice. While digital imagery has greatly improved the speed of underwater data collection for monitoring benthic communities, image analysi...
Here, we report a new broad approach to investigating the presence and density of Symbiodiniaceae cells in corals of the order Antipatharia subclass Hexacorallia, commonly known as black corals. Antipatharians are understudied ecosystem engineers of...
Most ocean color algorithms are designed for optically deep waters, where the seafloor has little or no effect on remote sensing reflectance. This can lead to inaccurate retrievals of inherent optical properties (IOPs) in optically shallow water envi...
As fundamental geophysical information, the high-precision detection of shallow water bathymetry is critical data support for the utilization of island resources and coral reef protection delimitation. In recent years, the combination of active and p...
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