Understanding the wave and current conditions of coral reef ecosystems is essential for maintaining their health, as many reef processes are controlled by these hydrodynamic conditions. In this study, high-frequency measurements of tides, waves, and currents were made using acoustic, electromagnetic, and pressure instruments over a 28-d period on the fore-reef and reef flat of a coral reef atoll in the South China Sea. The res...

Rip currents are fast offshore currents generated during the breaking process of waves propagating nearshore, posing a potential life safety threat to coastal bathers. This study utilizes a Boussinesq phase-resolving model to investigate the formation mechanism of rip currents at Dadonghai Beach, based on its actual topography, and explores the characteristics of rip current formation under various wave conditions, with an emp...

Introduction Seagrasses play a key role in biodiversity maintenance, sediment stabilization, and carbon reduction. Due to the significant decline of seagrass populations worldwide, many projects to restore seagrass by transplantation have been undertaken in recent decades. However, effective restoration technologies required to rapidly restore seagrass on Hainan Island are yet to be developed. Methods In this study, an experim...

Montipora digitata is a species belonging to the Acroporidae. In the Indo-Pacific region, M. digitata is widely distributed and is the dominant species of scleractinian coral in the South China Sea, however, there are currently no molecular markers suitable for assessing the species genetic diversity. Here, restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) was used to isolate and characterize polymorphic microsatellite loci...