Coral reefs articles within Nature

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• Article | 16 March 2016

  Lytic to temperate switching of viral communities

  An analysis of 24 coral reef viromes challenges the view that lytic phage are believed to predominate when the density of their hosts increase and shows instead that lysogeny is more important at high host densities; the authors also show that this model is consistent with predator–prey dynamics in a range of other ecosystems, such as animal-associated, sediment and soil systems.

  • B. Knowles
  • , C. B. Silveira
  •  & F. Rohwer

• Q&A | 06 March 2013

  Turning point: Jörg Wiedenmann

  The training fast track helps an ecologist to get a major grant for coral research.

  • Virginia Gewin

• News | 08 November 2012

  Coral colonies call for help

  Threatened animals summon fish to trim toxic seaweed.

  • Daniel Cressey

• Research Highlights | 10 October 2012

  Contemplating a coral comeback

• News | 18 August 2012

  Spawning coral monitored for effects of climate change

  As waters warm, researchers keep a wary eye on reef life cycles.

  • Melissa Gaskill

• News | 25 July 2012

  End of an age for Aquarius

  Iconic underwater research base set to close its airlocks for the last time this year.

  • Mark Schrope

• Research Highlights | 18 April 2012

  Can coral cope with climate change?

• News | 23 February 2012

  Conservation meets capitalism in Florida

  An alternative financial strategy for coral-reef restoration as government funding dries up.

  • Daniel Cressey

• Research Highlights | 14 September 2011

  Reefs wrecked by shipwrecks

• Research Highlights | 24 August 2011

  Infected faeces kill coral

• Research Highlights | 24 August 2011

  Mapping reef stress

• News | 24 July 2011

  Coral genomes could aid reef conservation

  Sequences of two species shed light on corals' response to stress and disease.

  • Ewen Callaway

• Letter
  24 July 2011 | Open Access

  Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change

  • Chuya Shinzato
  • , Eiichi Shoguchi
  •  & Nori Satoh

• News | 21 January 2011

  Coral marches to the poles

  Reefs may simply move house when the oceans heat up.

  • Nicola Jones

• News | 18 January 2011

  Queensland floods hit Great Barrier Reef

  Corals threatened by huge volume of polluted fresh water pulsing into World Heritage Site.

  • James Mitchell Crow

• News | 19 November 2010

  Coral bleaching goes from bad to worse

  Raised ocean temperatures result in severe damage to reefs in the Caribbean.

  • Melissa Gaskill

• News Feature | 02 June 2010

  Fisheries: What's the catch?

  New England fishermen have mixed feelings about a programme designed to allow overfished species to recover. Mark Schrope reports on how catch shares have scientists fishing for answers.

  • Mark Schrope

• Books & Arts | 14 April 2010

  Artificial reefs to buffer New York

  • Josie Glausiusz

• News | 23 February 2010

  Red Sea corals mapped in unprecedented detail

  Maps reveal effects of past climates.

  • Richard A. Lovett