Palau is pretty famous for marine invertebrate diversity, so there are lots of potentially relevant papers here. Keep an eye out especially for papers that have Golbuu (research director at PICRC), and Colin (CRRF) as authors. Mike Dawson has also been co-author on lots of really cool marine invertebrate papers, including lots of the coolest papers about Jellyfish Lake.
In addition to the publications below, you're encouraged to check out the research pages of PICRC, the CRRF, and Mike Dawson.
http://picrc.org/picrcpage/research/current-projects/
http://coralreefpalau.org/research/
http://mnd.ucmerced.edu/Research/Overview.html
Hannah Barkley has done some of the coolest recent research on coral health in Palau. In addition to the two publications listed below, there are some nice outreach pieces about stuff she's done in collaboration with PICRC:
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/coral-crusader
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/nature/acidic-coral-refugia/
Marine invertebrates:
Barkley, H.C. & Cohen, A.L. (2016) Skeletal records of community-level bleaching in Porites corals from Palau. Coral reefs , 35, 1407–1417.
Barkley, H.C., Cohen, A.L., McCorkle, D.C., & Golbuu, Y. (2017) Mechanisms and thresholds for pH tolerance in Palau corals. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 489, 7–14.
Barry, J.P., Widdicombe, S., & Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2011) Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function. Ocean acidification, 192–209.
Bayha, K.M. & Graham, W.M. (2013) Nonindigenous Marine Jellyfish: Invasiveness, Invasibility, and Impacts. Jellyfish Blooms pp. 45–77. Springer, Dordrecht
Becking, L.E., Erpenbeck, D., Peijnenburg, K.T.C.A., & de Voogd, N.J. (2013) Phylogeography of the sponge Suberites diversicolor in Indonesia: insights into the evolution of marine lake populations. PloS one, 8, e75996.
Becking, L.E., de Leeuw, C.A., Knegt, B., Maas, D.L., de Voogd, N.J., Abdunnur, Suyatna, I., & Peijnenburg, K.T.C.A. (2016) Highly divergent mussel lineages in isolated Indonesian marine lakes. PeerJ, 4, e2496.
Carroll, A.G., Harrison, P.L., & Adjeroud, M. (2017) Susceptibility of coral assemblages to successive bleaching events at Moorea, French Polynesia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68, 760–771.
Dawson, M.N. (2005) Five new subspecies of Mastigias (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) from marine lakes, Palau, Micronesia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 679–694.
Dawson, M.N. (2016) Island and island-like marine environments. Global ecology and biogeography: a journal of macroecology, 25, 831–846.
Dawson, M.N., Cieciel, K., Decker, M.B., Hays, G.C., Lucas, C.H., & Pitt, K.A. (2015) Population-level perspectives on global change: genetic and demographic analyses indicate various scales, timing, and causes of scyphozoan jellyfish blooms. Biological invasions, 17, 851–867.
DeVantier, L. & Turak, E. (2017) Species Richness and Relative Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific. Diversity, 9, 25.
Doyle, T.K., Hays, G.C., Harrod, C., & Houghton, J.D.R. (2014) Ecological and Societal Benefits of Jellyfish. Jellyfish Blooms pp. 105–127. Springer, Dordrecht,
Evans, S.M., McKenna, C., Simpson, S.D., Tournois, J., & Genner, M.J. (2016) Patterns of species range evolution in Indo-Pacific reef assemblages reveal the Coral Triangle as a net source of transoceanic diversity. Biology letters, 12
Foo, S.A. & Byrne, M. (2016) Acclimatization and Adaptive Capacity of Marine Species in a Changing Ocean. pp. 69–116. Elsevier
Foo, S.A. & Byrne, M. (2017) Marine gametes in a changing ocean: Impacts of climate change stressors on fecundity and the egg. Marine environmental research, 128, 12–24.
Fortunato, H. (2015) Mollusks: Tools in Environmental and Climate Research. American malacological bulletin, 33, 310–324.
Golbuu, Y., Victor, S., Penland, L., Idip, D., Emaurois, C., Okaji, K., Yukihira, H., Iwase, A., & Van Woesik, R. (2007) Palau’s coral reefs show differential habitat recovery following the 1998-bleaching event. Coral reefs , 26, 319–332.
Hanzawa, N., Gotoh, R.O., Sekimoto, H., Goto, T.V., Chiba, S.N., Kuriiwa, K., & Tamate, H.B. (2012) Genetic diversity and evolution of marine animals isolated in marine lakes. Analysis of Genetic Variation in Animals InTech,
Hardy, J.T. & Hardy, S.A. (1969) Ecology of Tridacna in Palau. .
Heslinga, G.A. & Fitt, W.K. (1987) The Domestication of Reef-Dwelling Clams. Bioscience, 37, 332–339.
Iwase, A., Sakai, K., Suzuki, A., & van Woesik, R. (2008) Phototropic adjustment of the foliaceous coral Echinopora lamellosa in Palau. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 77, 672–678.
Kayal, M., Vercelloni, J., Lison de Loma, T., Bosserelle, P., Chancerelle, Y., Geoffroy, S., Stievenart, C., Michonneau, F., Penin, L., Planes, S., & Adjeroud, M. (2012) Predator crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) outbreak, mass mortality of corals, and cascading effects on reef fish and benthic communities. PloS one, 7, e47363.
Knights, A.M., Firth, L.B., & Russell, B.D. (2017) Ecological responses to environmental change in marine systems. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 492, 3–6.
Morgan, K.M., Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Johnson, J.A., & Daniell, J.J. (2016) Evidence of extensive reef development and high coral cover in nearshore environments: implications for understanding coral adaptation in turbid settings. Scientific reports, 6, 29616.
Norris, R.D. & Hull, P.M. (2012) The temporal dimension of marine speciation. Evolutionary ecology, 26, 393–415.
Paulay, G., Kropp, R., Ng, P.K.L., & Eldredge, L.G. (2003) The crustaceans and pycnogonids of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35, 456–513.
Purcell, S.W., Hair, C.A., & Mills, D.J. (2012) Sea cucumber culture, farming and sea ranching in the tropics: Progress, problems and opportunities. Aquaculture , 368, 68–81.
Sarmento, V.C., Souza, T.P., Esteves, A.M., & Santos, P.J.P. (2015) Effects of seawater acidification on a coral reef meiofauna community. Coral reefs , 34, 955–966.
Stanley, G.D., Jr & Lipps, J.H. (2011) Photosymbiosis: the driving force for reef success and failure. Paleontological Society Paper, 17, 33–60.
Swift, H.F., Gómez Daglio, L., & Dawson, M.N. (2016) Three routes to crypsis: Stasis, convergence, and parallelism in the Mastigias species complex (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 99, 103–115.
Woesik, R., Houk, P., Isechal, A.L., Idechong, J.W., Victor, S., & Golbuu, Y. (2012) Climate-change refugia in the sheltered bays of Palau: analogs of future reefs. Ecology and evolution, 2, 2474–2484.
van Woesik, R. (2017) Contemporary coral bleaching: why diversity matters. Biodiversity , 18, 16–18.
van Woesik, R., Irikawa, A., Anzai, R., & Nakamura, T. (2012) Effects of coral colony morphologies on mass transfer and susceptibility to thermal stress. Coral reefs , 31, 633–639.
Yamaguchi, M. (1977) Conservation and cultivation of giant clams in the tropical Pacific. Biological conservation, 11, 13–20.
Zapalski, M.K., Wrzołek, T., Skompski, S., & Berkowski, B. (2017) Deep in shadows, deep in time: the oldest mesophotic coral ecosystems from the Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland). Coral reefs , 36, 847–860.
三宅貞 (1938) Notes on decapod crustaceans collected by Prof. Teiso Esaki from Micronesia. 日本動物学彙報, 17, 107–112.
In addition to the publications below, you're encouraged to check out the research pages of PICRC, the CRRF, and Mike Dawson.
http://picrc.org/picrcpage/research/current-projects/
http://coralreefpalau.org/research/
http://mnd.ucmerced.edu/Research/Overview.html
Hannah Barkley has done some of the coolest recent research on coral health in Palau. In addition to the two publications listed below, there are some nice outreach pieces about stuff she's done in collaboration with PICRC:
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/coral-crusader
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/nature/acidic-coral-refugia/
Marine invertebrates:
Barkley, H.C. & Cohen, A.L. (2016) Skeletal records of community-level bleaching in Porites corals from Palau. Coral reefs , 35, 1407–1417.
Barkley, H.C., Cohen, A.L., McCorkle, D.C., & Golbuu, Y. (2017) Mechanisms and thresholds for pH tolerance in Palau corals. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 489, 7–14.
Barry, J.P., Widdicombe, S., & Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2011) Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function. Ocean acidification, 192–209.
Bayha, K.M. & Graham, W.M. (2013) Nonindigenous Marine Jellyfish: Invasiveness, Invasibility, and Impacts. Jellyfish Blooms pp. 45–77. Springer, Dordrecht
Becking, L.E., Erpenbeck, D., Peijnenburg, K.T.C.A., & de Voogd, N.J. (2013) Phylogeography of the sponge Suberites diversicolor in Indonesia: insights into the evolution of marine lake populations. PloS one, 8, e75996.
Becking, L.E., de Leeuw, C.A., Knegt, B., Maas, D.L., de Voogd, N.J., Abdunnur, Suyatna, I., & Peijnenburg, K.T.C.A. (2016) Highly divergent mussel lineages in isolated Indonesian marine lakes. PeerJ, 4, e2496.
Carroll, A.G., Harrison, P.L., & Adjeroud, M. (2017) Susceptibility of coral assemblages to successive bleaching events at Moorea, French Polynesia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68, 760–771.
Dawson, M.N. (2005) Five new subspecies of Mastigias (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) from marine lakes, Palau, Micronesia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 679–694.
Dawson, M.N. (2016) Island and island-like marine environments. Global ecology and biogeography: a journal of macroecology, 25, 831–846.
Dawson, M.N., Cieciel, K., Decker, M.B., Hays, G.C., Lucas, C.H., & Pitt, K.A. (2015) Population-level perspectives on global change: genetic and demographic analyses indicate various scales, timing, and causes of scyphozoan jellyfish blooms. Biological invasions, 17, 851–867.
DeVantier, L. & Turak, E. (2017) Species Richness and Relative Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific. Diversity, 9, 25.
Doyle, T.K., Hays, G.C., Harrod, C., & Houghton, J.D.R. (2014) Ecological and Societal Benefits of Jellyfish. Jellyfish Blooms pp. 105–127. Springer, Dordrecht,
Evans, S.M., McKenna, C., Simpson, S.D., Tournois, J., & Genner, M.J. (2016) Patterns of species range evolution in Indo-Pacific reef assemblages reveal the Coral Triangle as a net source of transoceanic diversity. Biology letters, 12
Foo, S.A. & Byrne, M. (2016) Acclimatization and Adaptive Capacity of Marine Species in a Changing Ocean. pp. 69–116. Elsevier
Foo, S.A. & Byrne, M. (2017) Marine gametes in a changing ocean: Impacts of climate change stressors on fecundity and the egg. Marine environmental research, 128, 12–24.
Fortunato, H. (2015) Mollusks: Tools in Environmental and Climate Research. American malacological bulletin, 33, 310–324.
Golbuu, Y., Victor, S., Penland, L., Idip, D., Emaurois, C., Okaji, K., Yukihira, H., Iwase, A., & Van Woesik, R. (2007) Palau’s coral reefs show differential habitat recovery following the 1998-bleaching event. Coral reefs , 26, 319–332.
Hanzawa, N., Gotoh, R.O., Sekimoto, H., Goto, T.V., Chiba, S.N., Kuriiwa, K., & Tamate, H.B. (2012) Genetic diversity and evolution of marine animals isolated in marine lakes. Analysis of Genetic Variation in Animals InTech,
Hardy, J.T. & Hardy, S.A. (1969) Ecology of Tridacna in Palau. .
Heslinga, G.A. & Fitt, W.K. (1987) The Domestication of Reef-Dwelling Clams. Bioscience, 37, 332–339.
Iwase, A., Sakai, K., Suzuki, A., & van Woesik, R. (2008) Phototropic adjustment of the foliaceous coral Echinopora lamellosa in Palau. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 77, 672–678.
Kayal, M., Vercelloni, J., Lison de Loma, T., Bosserelle, P., Chancerelle, Y., Geoffroy, S., Stievenart, C., Michonneau, F., Penin, L., Planes, S., & Adjeroud, M. (2012) Predator crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) outbreak, mass mortality of corals, and cascading effects on reef fish and benthic communities. PloS one, 7, e47363.
Knights, A.M., Firth, L.B., & Russell, B.D. (2017) Ecological responses to environmental change in marine systems. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 492, 3–6.
Morgan, K.M., Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Johnson, J.A., & Daniell, J.J. (2016) Evidence of extensive reef development and high coral cover in nearshore environments: implications for understanding coral adaptation in turbid settings. Scientific reports, 6, 29616.
Norris, R.D. & Hull, P.M. (2012) The temporal dimension of marine speciation. Evolutionary ecology, 26, 393–415.
Paulay, G., Kropp, R., Ng, P.K.L., & Eldredge, L.G. (2003) The crustaceans and pycnogonids of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35, 456–513.
Purcell, S.W., Hair, C.A., & Mills, D.J. (2012) Sea cucumber culture, farming and sea ranching in the tropics: Progress, problems and opportunities. Aquaculture , 368, 68–81.
Sarmento, V.C., Souza, T.P., Esteves, A.M., & Santos, P.J.P. (2015) Effects of seawater acidification on a coral reef meiofauna community. Coral reefs , 34, 955–966.
Stanley, G.D., Jr & Lipps, J.H. (2011) Photosymbiosis: the driving force for reef success and failure. Paleontological Society Paper, 17, 33–60.
Swift, H.F., Gómez Daglio, L., & Dawson, M.N. (2016) Three routes to crypsis: Stasis, convergence, and parallelism in the Mastigias species complex (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 99, 103–115.
Woesik, R., Houk, P., Isechal, A.L., Idechong, J.W., Victor, S., & Golbuu, Y. (2012) Climate-change refugia in the sheltered bays of Palau: analogs of future reefs. Ecology and evolution, 2, 2474–2484.
van Woesik, R. (2017) Contemporary coral bleaching: why diversity matters. Biodiversity , 18, 16–18.
van Woesik, R., Irikawa, A., Anzai, R., & Nakamura, T. (2012) Effects of coral colony morphologies on mass transfer and susceptibility to thermal stress. Coral reefs , 31, 633–639.
Yamaguchi, M. (1977) Conservation and cultivation of giant clams in the tropical Pacific. Biological conservation, 11, 13–20.
Zapalski, M.K., Wrzołek, T., Skompski, S., & Berkowski, B. (2017) Deep in shadows, deep in time: the oldest mesophotic coral ecosystems from the Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland). Coral reefs , 36, 847–860.
三宅貞 (1938) Notes on decapod crustaceans collected by Prof. Teiso Esaki from Micronesia. 日本動物学彙報, 17, 107–112.