Oxygen: the universal currency on coral reefs
HR Nelson, AH Altieri - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
… mass mortality events associated with low oxygen on coral … pose an increasingly significant
threat to tropical coral reefs. … driving the formation of dead zones and address directions for …
threat to tropical coral reefs. … driving the formation of dead zones and address directions for …
Coral reef survival under accelerating ocean deoxygenation
… Tropical shallow waters, and their coral reefs, are particularly … Similarly, coral reef dead zones
have been reported from … it is unlikely that direct mortality of coral reef fish will occur due to …
have been reported from … it is unlikely that direct mortality of coral reef fish will occur due to …
Impacts of a changing environment on marginal coral reefs in the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic
… bleaching mass mortality. However, the recent and intense heatwaves of 2019 and 2020
caused higher mortality rates in several key foundation corals … the SW Atlantic reefs are not long-…
caused higher mortality rates in several key foundation corals … the SW Atlantic reefs are not long-…
Rapid onsets of warming events trigger mass mortality of coral reef fish
… Warming tropical and subtropical reefs may face an … on coral reef fishes (27), did not even
consider mass mortalities as a … and sustainable functioning of fish communities in coral reefs. …
consider mass mortalities as a … and sustainable functioning of fish communities in coral reefs. …
Resilience of tropical ecosystems to ocean deoxygenation
… and the number of dead zones is increasing exponentially … evidence that tropical coastal
ecosystems, including coral reefs, … Where mortality in tropical habitats has been documented, co…
ecosystems, including coral reefs, … Where mortality in tropical habitats has been documented, co…
Dead zones: oxygen depletion in coastal ecosystems
AH Altieri, RJ Diaz - World seas: An environmental evaluation, 2019 - Elsevier
… mortality and emigration of fish, crustaceans, and other animals. The resulting areas that appear
largely lifeless are known as “dead zones… hypoxic ecosystems in the tropics are yet to be …
largely lifeless are known as “dead zones… hypoxic ecosystems in the tropics are yet to be …
Multi-decadal changes in structural complexity following mass coral mortality on a Caribbean reef
… Despite extensive mortality following the mass coral bleaching event of 1998, the structural
complexity of frameworks remained largely unchanged between 1998 (rugosity index, R, of …
complexity of frameworks remained largely unchanged between 1998 (rugosity index, R, of …
Localized hypoxia may have caused coral reef mortality at the Flower Garden Banks
… for which environmental conditions are conducive to tropical coral reef growth (Kleypas et
al. … associated with coral bleaching. Despite the proximity of the FGB to the dead zone on the …
al. … associated with coral bleaching. Despite the proximity of the FGB to the dead zone on the …
Sustained mass coral bleaching (2016–2017) in Brazilian turbid-zone reefs: taxonomic, cross-shelf and habitat-related trends
CD Teixeira, RLL Leitão, FV Ribeiro, FC Moraes… - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
… , turbid-zone reefs may exhibit high bleaching tolerance due … summarize previous bleaching
events in the tropical Western … one of them with associated mass coral mortality (Kelmo and …
events in the tropical Western … one of them with associated mass coral mortality (Kelmo and …
Microbial community dynamics provide evidence for hypoxia during a coral reef mortality event
SM Doyle, MJ Self, J Hayes… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… In July 2016, a severe coral reef invertebrate mortality event occurred approximately 200
km … ∼82% of corals in a 0.06-km 2 area died. Based on surveys of dead corals and other …
km … ∼82% of corals in a 0.06-km 2 area died. Based on surveys of dead corals and other …