Marine invertebrates are particularly vulnerable to climatic anomalies in early life history
stages because of the time spent in the water column. Studies have focused on the effect of …

The potential effects of seasonal acclimatization on coral sensitivity to heat-stress, has
received limited attention despite differing bleaching thresholds for summer and winter. In …

Our understanding of the response of reef‐building corals to changes in their physical
environment is largely based on laboratory experiments, analysis of long‐term field data …

Corals are acclimatized to populate dynamic habitats that neighbour coral reefs. Habitats
such as seagrass beds exhibit broad diel changes in temperature and pH that routinely …

Species have evolved different mechanisms to cope with spatial and temporal temperature
variability. Species with broad geographical distributions may be thermal generalists that …

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the persistence of coral reefs. Sustained and
ongoing increases in ocean temperatures and acidification are altering the structure and …

Studying the mechanisms that enable coral populations to inhabit spatially varying thermal
environments can help evaluate how they will respond in time to the effects of global climate …

Climate change scenarios suggest an increase in tropical ocean temperature by 1–3° C by
2099, potentially killing many coral reefs. But Arabian/Persian Gulf corals already exist in …

Exposure to high‐frequency temperature variability often but not always enhances coral
heat tolerance, raising the question of whether this depends on the type of variability regime …

Coral reef ecosystems are under the direct threat of increasing atmospheric greenhouse
gases, which increase seawater temperatures in the oceans and lead to bleaching events …