Skeletal records of community-level bleaching in Porites corals from Palau

HC Barkley, AL Cohen - Coral Reefs, 2016 - Springer
Tropical Pacific sea surface temperature is projected to rise an additional 2–3° C by the end
of this century, driving an increase in the frequency and intensity of coral bleaching. With …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Caribbean massive corals not recovering from repeated thermal stress events during 2005–2013

BP Neal, A Khen, T Treibitz, O Beijbom… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Massive coral bleaching events associated with high sea surface temperatures are forecast
to become more frequent and severe in the future due to climate change. Monitoring colony …

Physiological effects of heat and cold exposure in the common reef coral Acropora millepora

JJV Nielsen, CD Kenkel, DG Bourne, L Despringhere… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Reef-forming corals are under threat globally from climate change, leading to changes in
sea temperatures with both hot and cold events recorded and projected to increase in …

Two spatial scales in a bleaching event: Corals from the mildest and the most extreme thermal environments escape mortality

J Pineda, V Starczak, A Tarrant, J Blythe… - Limnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In summer 2010, a bleaching event decimated the abundant reef flat coral Stylophora
pistillata in some areas of the central Red Sea, where a series of coral reefs 100–300 m …

Coral bleaching resistance variation is linked to differential mortality and skeletal growth during recovery

NS Walker, V Nestor, Y Golbuu… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of global coral bleaching has focused much attention on the possibility of
interventions to increase heat resistance. However, if high heat resistance is linked to fitness …

Skeletal records of bleaching reveal different thermal thresholds of Pacific coral reef assemblages

NR Mollica, AL Cohen, AE Alpert, HC Barkley… - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
Ocean warming is negatively impacting coral reef ecosystems and considerable effort is
currently invested in projecting coral reef futures under 21st century climate change. A …

[HTML][HTML] Palau's warmest reefs harbor thermally tolerant corals that thrive across different habitats

HE Rivera, AL Cohen, JR Thompson, IB Baums… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Ocean warming is killing corals, but heat-tolerant populations exist; if protected, they could
replenish affected reefs naturally or through restoration. Palau's Rock Islands experience …

Physiological plasticity of corals to temperature stress in marginal coral communities

S Keshavmurthy, M Beals, HJ Hsieh, KS Choi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Adaptation and/or acclimatization through various mechanisms have been suggested to
help some tropical coral species to overcome temperature-induced bleaching that is …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

L Lachs, SD Donner, PJ Mumby, JC Bythell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recurrent mass bleaching events threaten the future of coral reefs. To persist under climate
change, corals will need to endure progressively more intense and frequent marine …