Coral Reefs is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to the study of coral reefs. It was established in 1982 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the International Society for Reef Studies, of which it is the official journal.[1][2] This journal also acts as the International Coral Reef Society.[3] The editor-in-chief is Morgan Pratchett (James Cook University). They have published multiple in-depth articles covering coral reef topics such as conservation of coral reef fishes and different approaches that capture the complexity of coral reefs when examining canopy-forming organisms.[4][5] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.095.[6] According to Springer the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.902, five year impact factor of 3.880, and as of 2021 has 454,744 downloads.[7]
Volume 41, issue 2, April 2022 contains 20 articles covering a range of topics many of which are accessible without an account while still containing large amounts of detailed information. This issue covers topics including a study of coral in the Red Sea and its thermal thresholds which can then be examined to expect negative outcomes of shifting climate.[8] Another article within this issue included an examination of complex coral reefs and how this effects the corallivorous sea star in the Maldives.[9] This issue contains many more articles all of which show a similar level of depth and understanding of the topics being discussed.
^"Homepage". International Society for Reef Studies. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^"Coral Reefs". International Society for Reef Studies. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^"Coral Reefs". Springer. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
^Bouwmeester, Jessica; Daly, Jonathan; Henley, E. Michael; Parenti, Lynne R.; Pitassy, Diane E.; Hagedorn, Mary (2022-05-10). "Conservation of coral reef fishes: a field-hardy method to cryopreserve spermatogonial cells". Coral Reefs. 41 (4): 855–861. doi:10.1007/s00338-022-02268-1. ISSN 1432-0975. S2CID 248703146.
^Smith, Hillary A.; Boström-Einarsson, Lisa; Bourne, David G. (2022-05-09). "A stratified transect approach captures reef complexity with canopy-forming organisms". Coral Reefs. 41 (4): 897–905. doi:10.1007/s00338-022-02262-7. ISSN 1432-0975. S2CID 248683266.
^"Coral Reefs". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
^"Coral Reefs". Springer. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
^Evensen, Nicolas R.; Voolstra, Christian R.; Fine, Maoz; Perna, Gabriela; Buitrago-López, Carol; Cárdenas, Anny; Banc-Prandi, Guilhem; Rowe, Katherine; Barshis, Daniel J. (2022-04-01). "Empirically derived thermal thresholds of four coral species along the Red Sea using a portable and standardized experimental approach". Coral Reefs. 41 (2): 239–252. doi:10.1007/s00338-022-02233-y. ISSN 1432-0975. S2CID 247639982.
^Montalbetti, Enrico; Fallati, Luca; Casartelli, Marco; Maggioni, Davide; Montano, Simone; Galli, Paolo; Seveso, Davide (2022-04-01). "Reef complexity influences distribution and habitat choice of the corallivorous seastar Culcita schmideliana in the Maldives". Coral Reefs. 41 (2): 253–264. doi:10.1007/s00338-022-02230-1. hdl:10281/356270. ISSN 1432-0975. S2CID 247124881.
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penetrate, form reefs but do not harbour the symbionts. There are various types of shallow-water coralreef, including fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls;...
CoralReefs is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to the study of coralreefs. It was established in 1982 and is published by Springer...
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of coral bleaching. After the loss of more than 90% of corals due to bleaching in 1998 around 50% of the reefs recovered and roughly 40% of the reefs experienced...
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describe them as "annular reefs enclosing a lagoon in which there are no promontories other than reefs and islets composed of reef detritus" or "in an exclusively...
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of coralreefs had already been lost. Only 46% of the world's reefs could be currently regarded as in good health and about 60% of the world's reefs may...
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diversity—with 76% of all known coral species, 37% of all known coralreef fish species, 53% of the world's coralreefs, the greatest extent of mangrove...
that fringing reefs are the first kind of reefs to form around a landmass in a long-term reef growth process. The largest fringing coralreef in the world...
organisms to live and reproduce. Coralreefs are actually composed of tiny, fragile animals known as coral polyps. Coralreefs are significantly important...
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MCEs as these reefs are a crucial part of the coralreef systems serving as a potential refuge area for shallow coralreef taxa such as coral and sponges...
finds a reef it is able to attach to and grow back into a polyp, settling on a hard surface. Then the cycle repeats. Fire corals are found on reefs in tropical...
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the GBR in 1975, and fishing is restricted in many areas. The reefs and islands of the Coral Sea are particularly rich in birds and aquatic life and are...
grows within various areas of a reef but is most commonly found within shallow fore and back reefs, as well as patch reefs, where water depths rarely exceed...
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