Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves

DC Claar, S Starko, KL Tietjen, HE Epstein… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Prospects for coral persistence through increasingly frequent and extended heatwaves
seem bleak. Coral recovery from bleaching is only known to occur after temperatures return …

Transformation of coral communities subjected to an unprecedented heatwave is modulated by local disturbance

JK Baum, DC Claar, KL Tietjen, JMT Magel… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Corals are imminently threatened by climate change–amplified marine heatwaves.
However, how to conserve coral reefs remains unclear, since those without local …

Stress-resistant corals may not acclimatize to ocean warming but maintain heat tolerance under cooler temperatures

V Schoepf, SA Carrion, SM Pfeifer, M Naugle… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Naturally heat-resistant coral populations hold significant potential for facilitating coral reef
survival under rapid climate change. However, it remains poorly understood whether they …

Divergent bleaching and recovery trajectories in reef-building corals following a decade of successive marine heatwaves

KT Brown, EA Lenz, BH Glass… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves are devastating coral reefs. Corals that survive
these extreme events must rapidly recover if they are to withstand subsequent events, and …

No apparent trade-offs associated with heat tolerance in a reef-building coral

L Lachs, A Humanes, DR Pygas, JC Bythell… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
As marine species adapt to climate change, their heat tolerance will likely be under strong
selection. Yet trade-offs between heat tolerance and other life history traits could …

Symbioses are restructured by repeated mass coral bleaching

KM Quigley, B Ramsby, P Laffy, J Harris… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Survival of symbiotic reef-building corals under global warming requires rapid acclimation or
adaptation. The impact of accumulated heat stress was compared across 1643 symbiont …

Do fluctuating temperature environments elevate coral thermal tolerance?

TA Oliver, SR Palumbi - Coral reefs, 2011 - Springer
In reef corals, much research has focused on the capacity of corals to acclimatize and/or
adapt to different thermal environments, but the majority of work has focused on distinctions …

Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves

MK Donovan, DE Burkepile, C Kratochwill… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Climate change threatens coral reefs by causing heat stress events that lead to widespread
coral bleaching and mortality. Given the global nature of these mass coral mortality events …

Resistance to thermal stress in corals without changes in symbiont composition

AJ Bellantuono, O Hoegh-Guldberg… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Discovering how corals can adjust their thermal sensitivity in the context of global climate
change is important in understanding the long-term persistence of coral reefs. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid coral decay is associated with marine heatwave mortality events on reefs

WP Leggat, EF Camp, DJ Suggett, SF Heron… - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Severe marine heatwaves have recently become a common feature of global ocean
conditions due to a rapidly changing climate [1, 2]. These increasingly severe thermal …