The global decline of reef-building corals is due in part to the loss of algal symbionts, or"
bleaching," during the increasingly frequent periods of high seawater temperatures [1, 2] …

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 …

Background Coral reefs can experience salinity fluctuations due to rainfall and runoff; these
events can have major impacts on the corals and lead to bleaching and mortality. On the …

The effects of climate change over the last few decades have pushed the majority of reef-
building corals close to their upper thermal limit. Upon exposure to thermal stress, the intra …

Coral reefs are severely threatened by climate change and recurrent mass bleaching
events, highlighting the need for a better understanding of the factors driving recovery and …

Wild populations increasingly experience extreme conditions as climate change amplifies
environmental variability. How individuals respond to environmental extremes determines …

Bleaching is a stress reaction in corals, during which the symbiosis between corals and the
algae (zooxanthellae) living in the coral cells breaks down. As a result, zooxanthellae are …

High sea surface temperatures caused global coral bleaching during 2015–2016. During
this thermal stress event, we quantified within-and among-species variability in bleaching …

This chapter examines the hydrodynamic conditions that are present during a coral
bleaching event. Meteorological and climate parameters and influences are discussed. The …

Tropical coral reefs are the most biologically diverse of marine ecosystems “equalling in
beauty and excelling in grandeur the most favourite parterre of the curious florist”(Matthew …