Seaweed can quickly take over a reef after a disturbance. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are ...

The complex landscape protects seaweed from herbivores, enabling it to quickly colonize the reef and outgrow young coral. The results appear in the journal Global Change Biology. Coral reefs are ...

While some coral reefs are able to recover over time, others become dominated by seaweed. Coral can survive bleaching if it receives nutrients soon enough, but if not, it can cause death within ...