Using naturally occurring climate resilient corals to construct bleaching-resistant nurseries
MK Morikawa, SR Palumbi - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Ecological restoration of forests, meadows, reefs, or other foundational ecosystems during
climate change depends on the discovery and use of individuals able to withstand future …
climate change depends on the discovery and use of individuals able to withstand future …
Adaptations by the coral Acropora tenuis confer resilience to future thermal stress
Elevated temperatures cause coral bleaching and reef degradation. However, coral may
have strategies to survive by reproducing more heat-tolerable larvae. We examine the direct …
have strategies to survive by reproducing more heat-tolerable larvae. We examine the direct …
Extensive phenotypic plasticity of a Red Sea coral over a strong latitudinal temperature gradient suggests limited acclimatization potential to warming
Global warming was reported to cause growth reductions in tropical shallow water corals in
both, cooler and warmer, regions of the coral species range. This suggests regional …
both, cooler and warmer, regions of the coral species range. This suggests regional …
Remarkably high and consistent tolerance of a Red Sea coral to acute and chronic thermal stress exposures
Global warming is resulting in unprecedented levels of coral mortality due to mass bleaching
events and, more recently, marine heatwaves, where rapid increases in seawater …
events and, more recently, marine heatwaves, where rapid increases in seawater …
Host adaptation and unexpected symbiont partners enable reef‐building corals to tolerate extreme temperatures
Understanding the potential for coral adaptation to warming seas is complicated by
interactions between symbiotic partners that define stress responses and the difficulties of …
interactions between symbiotic partners that define stress responses and the difficulties of …
Bacterial community dynamics are linked to patterns of coral heat tolerance
Ocean warming threatens corals and the coral reef ecosystem. Nevertheless, corals can be
adapted to their thermal environment and inherit heat tolerance across generations. In …
adapted to their thermal environment and inherit heat tolerance across generations. In …
Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming
Reef-building corals thriving in extreme thermal environments may provide genetic variation
that can assist the evolution of populations to rapid climate warming. However, the feasibility …
that can assist the evolution of populations to rapid climate warming. However, the feasibility …
Pre-exposure to a variable temperature treatment improves the response of Acropora cervicornis to acute thermal stress
A DeMerlis, A Kirkland, ML Kaufman, AB Mayfield… - Coral reefs, 2022 - Springer
Given that global warming is the greatest threat to coral reefs, coral restoration projects have
expanded worldwide with the goal of replenishing habitats whose reef-building corals …
expanded worldwide with the goal of replenishing habitats whose reef-building corals …
Resilience in reef‐building corals: The ecological and evolutionary importance of the host response to thermal stress
C Drury - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are under extreme threat due to a number of stressors, but temperature
increases due to changing climate are the most severe. Rising ocean temperatures coupled …
increases due to changing climate are the most severe. Rising ocean temperatures coupled …
Standardized short‐term acute heat stress assays resolve historical differences in coral thermotolerance across microhabitat reef sites
Coral bleaching is one of the main drivers of reef degradation. Most corals bleach and suffer
mortality at just 1–2° C above their maximum monthly mean temperatures, but some species …
mortality at just 1–2° C above their maximum monthly mean temperatures, but some species …