Acclimatization of massive reef-building corals to consecutive heatwaves

TM DeCarlo, HB Harrison, L Gajdzik… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Reef-building corals typically live close to the upper limits of their thermal tolerance and
even small increases in summer water temperatures can lead to bleaching and mortality …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Limits to the thermal tolerance of corals adapted to a highly fluctuating, naturally extreme temperature environment

V Schoepf, M Stat, JL Falter, MT McCulloch - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Naturally extreme temperature environments can provide important insights into the
processes underlying coral thermal tolerance. We determined the bleaching resistance of …

Within-population variability in coral heat tolerance indicates climate adaptation potential

A Humanes, L Lachs… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral reefs are facing unprecedented mass bleaching and mortality events due to marine
heatwaves and climate change. To avoid extirpation, corals must adapt. Individual variation …

Highly conserved thermal performance strategies may limit adaptive potential in corals

M Álvarez-Noriega, I Marrable… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Increasing seawater temperatures are expected to have profound consequences for reef-
building corals' physiology. Understanding how demography changes in response to …

Reduced thermal tolerance of massive coral species in a highly variable environment

CN Klepac, DJ Barshis - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral bleaching events are increasing in frequency and severity, resulting in widespread
losses in coral cover. However, branching corals native to highly variable (HV) thermal …

Different responses of massive and branching corals to a major heatwave at the largest and richest reef complex in South Atlantic

LCL Ferreira, AC Grillo, FPM Repinaldo Filho… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
In 2019, a major coral bleaching event affected reefs worldwide, including marginal reefs
within the Abrolhos Bank (16° 40′–19° 40′ S, 39° 10′–37° 20′ W), the largest and …

Decline of forereef corals in response to recent warming linked to history of thermal exposure

KD Castillo, JB Ries, JM Weiss, FP Lima - Nature Climate Change, 2012 - nature.com
Rising ocean temperatures have reduced rates of coral calcification and increased rates of
coral mortality, thereby negatively impacting the health of coral reef ecosystems …

The costs and benefits of environmental memory for reef-building corals coping with recurring marine heatwaves

KT Brown, KL Barott - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Marine heatwaves are occurring more frequently as climate change intensifies, resulting in
global mass coral bleaching events several times per decade. Despite the time between …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental considerations of acute heat stress assays to quantify coral thermal tolerance

JJV Nielsen, G Matthews, KR Frith, HB Harrison… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the distribution and abundance of heat tolerant corals across seascapes is
imperative for predicting responses to climate change and to support novel management …