… the drivers of coral decline across a spatially realistic network. We find that coral population
persistence under rising temperatures varies greatly across the Coral Triangle and its …

… to future thermal stress events. Existing MPAs protect … events. Although MPAs are important
conservation tools, their limitations in mitigating coral loss from acute thermal stress events …

… that thermally triggered coral bleaching events will increase … elevated temperature is the
primary variable triggering coral … are followed by a seasonal decline in temperature; cooler years …

… Rising global temperatures and alterations in nutrient dynamics are predicted to further …
four events and subsequent years by 72%. This was more than the 65% decline of coral cover in …

… Coral bleaching events threaten coral reef habitats globally and cause severe declines of …
Related to high sea surface temperatures (SST), bleaching events are expected to increase as …

… regional elevations of ocean temperature. Using this extended … coral cover on western
Atlantic reefs has generally continued to decline in response to multiple smaller bleaching events …

… after the 2005 Caribbean coral-bleaching event. This study … warming and subsequent
coral bleaching events in the … ) and temperature, and then between coral disease and coral …

… The thermal stress event caused mass coral mortality, and coral … highest and most consistent
decline in coral cover. Island size … to the high-temperature event recorded in situ (Table 1). …

… in coral disease in the last decade may indicate a decline in … indirect effects of temperature
mediated by the coral bleaching … In summary, the events occurring at Magnetic Island over the …

… yearly temperature anomalies and the geographic extent and intensity of coral bleaching on
… Our results suggest that episodic bleaching events could become a chronic source of stress …