Coral bleaching is primarily driven by heat stress, yet additional environmental factors, such as nutrient availability and light attenuation, can affect bleaching severity. In this study, we assessed the interactive effects of chlorophyll a concentrations with heat stress (Degree Heating Weeks, DHW) on bleaching severity across inshore and offshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef ( n = 1397). Using Generalised Additive Models...

Coral reefs are threatened by rising sea temperatures that drive widespread bleaching events, leading to coral mortality and loss of diversity. Understanding the mechanisms underlying coral reef resilience to thermal stress is critical for effective conservation. This study investigates the influence of pre-summer temperature patterns upon community-level bleaching prevalence in the austral summers of 2016 and 2017. Pre-summer...

Sedimentary charcoal elongation is increasingly being used in paleoecology to distinguish herbaceous from woody fuel in past fires. However, the relationship between charcoal morphotypes and plant types has never been formally tested in tropical environments, despite its potential to improve understanding of fire regimes and deforestation, and to analyze long‐term ecosystem resilience. Separation between herbaceous and woody c...

There is an urgent need for improved monitoring approaches to rapidly and accurately assess sea cucumber populations at ecologically relevant scales. Timely surveys are critical for informing effective fisheries management and decision-making. Traditional surveys, undertaken via snorkelling, manta tows, or SCUBA, are limited to shallow and accessible areas; however, sea cucumbers inhabit a broad range of depths, including area...