Figure 4. Number of ecological publications per year for four regions from 1995 to 2016 in the Web of Science; the Ryukyus (RYS; blue), Red Sea (RES, orange), Great Barrier Reef (GBR, grey), and Caribbean (CAR, yellow) by topic.

(A) Apex predators, (B) herbivory, (C) connectivity, (D) marine protected areas, (E) coral bleaching, (F) Porifera, (G) coral reproduction, and (H) reef-associated bacteria.