Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions

M Ziegler, A Anton, SG Klein, N Rädecker… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The future of coral reefs subject to rapid climate change: lessons from natural extreme environments

EF Camp, V Schoepf, PJ Mumby, LA Hardtke… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Global climate change and localized anthropogenic stressors are driving rapid declines in
coral reef health. In vitro experiments have been fundamental in providing insight into how …

[HTML][HTML] Complex environmental forcing across the biogeographical range of coral populations

EB Rivest, TC Gouhier - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Although there is a substantial body of work on how temperature shapes coastal marine
ecosystems, the spatiotemporal variability of seawater pH and corresponding in situ …

Incorporating uncertainty in predicting the future response of coral reefs to climate change

JM Pandolfi - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Coral reefs are considered one of the ecosystems most vulnerable to ongoing global climate
change. However, geographic and taxonomic responses to climate change are highly …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change drives trait-shifts in coral reef communities

A Kubicek, B Breckling, O Hoegh-Guldberg… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Climate change is expected to have profound, partly unforeseeable effects on the
composition of functional traits of complex ecosystems, such as coral reefs, and some …

Thresholds and drivers of coral calcification responses to climate change

NA Kornder, BM Riegl, J Figueiredo - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Increased temperature and CO 2 levels are considered key drivers of coral reef degradation.
However, individual assessments of ecological responses (calcification) to these stressors …

Acclimatization to high-variance habitats does not enhance physiological tolerance of two key Caribbean corals to future temperature and pH

EF Camp, DJ Smith, C Evenhuis… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …

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 …

Extreme temperature events will drive coral decline in the Coral Triangle

LC McManus, VV Vasconcelos, SA Levin… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In light of rapid environmental change, quantifying the contribution of regional‐and local‐
scale drivers of coral persistence is necessary to characterize fully the resilience of coral reef …

[HTML][HTML] Consequences of ecological, evolutionary and biogeochemical uncertainty for coral reef responses to climatic stress

PJ Mumby, R Van Woesik - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
Coral reefs are highly sensitive to the stress associated with greenhouse gas emissions, in
particular ocean warming and acidification. While experiments show negative responses of …