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BEWARE2 database: A meta-process model to assess wave-driven flooding hazards on morphologically diverse, coral reef-lined coasts

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A multiscale analysis of coral reef topographic complexity using lidar-derived bathymetry

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Uranium-series age of coral reef growth on Rottnest Island, Western Australia

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Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts

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Jurabi, Exmouth, Western Australia, 2016 Coral Reef Circulation and Sediment Dynamics Experiment

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The past, present, and future of coral reef growth in the Florida Keys

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Dermal denticle assemblages in coral reef sediments correlate with conventional shark surveys

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Eroded coral in the Florida Keys

New video abstract highlighting published results on Florida Keys coral-reef erosion

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Improving estimates of coral reef construction and erosion with in-situ measurements

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Bathymetry and selected views of the fringing coral reef, South Moloka'i, Hawaii

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Multiple simultaneous sex changes in social group of a coral-reef fish

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Contaminants Assessment in the Coral Reefs of the Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

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USGS scientist collects water samples for contaminant analysis in the US Virgin Islands

Assessing Contaminants at Virgin Islands National Park and the Coral Reef National Monument

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Upwelling and the persistence of coral-reef frameworks in the eastern tropical Pacific

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The potential for coral reef restoration to mitigate coastal flooding as sea levels rise

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Estimating detection and occupancy coefficients for the Pacific Islands coral reef fish species

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Image: Coral Reef Affected by White Syndrome

Coral Reef Affected by White Syndrome
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Underwater photograph of a shallow coral reef with many varieties of corals and a fish or two swimming around.

Coral reef in Port Douglas, Australia
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Coral reef complexes at an atypical windward platform margin: Late Quaternary, southeast Florida

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A scuba diver underwater smiles while stretched out over a coral reef near a buoy

Dr. Ilsa Kuffner will provide public lecture on coral reef research to guide restoration

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Underwater photograph of a shallow, partially sandy reef environment with a 3-legged metal frame holding instruments.

Fulbright Scholar Joins Coral Reef Project at Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

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Local-scale ecosystem resilience amid global-scale ocean change: the coral reef example

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Comment on "Coral reef calcification and climate change: The effect of ocean warming"

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GIS compilation of data collected from the Pulley Ridge Deep Coral Reef region

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The reef-coral fauna of Carrizo Creek, Imperial County, California, and its significance

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Local variability but landscape stability in coral reef communities following repeated hurricane impacts

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A healthy coral reef at Buck Island, U.S. Virgin Island

Elkhorn coral anchors a healthy reef
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Image: Coral Reef Affected by White Syndrome

Coral Reef Affected by White Syndrome
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Underwater photo of divers wearing oxygen tanks, placing instruments on coral reef.

Divers install monitoring instruments on coral reef
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Underwater photograph looking across a reef of jagged corals, and looking up at the surface of the water with visible ripples.

Underwater photo of coral reef, Tutuila Island
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