Elucidating gene expression adaptation of phylogenetically divergent coral holobionts under heat stress

V Avila-Magaña, B Kamel, M DeSalvo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
As coral reefs struggle to survive under climate change, it is crucial to know whether they
have the capacity to withstand changing conditions, particularly increasing seawater …

Standardized short‐term acute heat stress assays resolve historical differences in coral thermotolerance across microhabitat reef sites

CR Voolstra, C Buitrago‐López, G Perna… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Higher daily temperature range at depth is linked with higher thermotolerance in antipatharians from the canary islands

M Godefroid, A Gouveia, F Otero-Ferrer, F Espino… - Journal of thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sensitivity to ocean warming is generally expected to be lower in populations from more
heterogeneous thermal environments, owing to greater phenotypic plasticity and/or …

The potential for temperature acclimatisation of reef corals in the face of climate change

BE Brown, AR Cossins - Coral reefs: an ecosystem in transition, 2011 - Springer
Coral bleaching has taken centre-stage in the debate over the likely biological effects of
global environmental change. Central to any judgements on this issue is the ability of corals …

The costs and benefits of environmental memory for reef-building corals coping with recurring marine heatwaves

KT Brown, KL Barott - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Marine heatwaves are occurring more frequently as climate change intensifies, resulting in
global mass coral bleaching events several times per decade. Despite the time between …

Expansion of corals on temperate reefs: direct and indirect effects of marine heatwaves

CA Tuckett, T De Bettignies, J Fromont, T Wernberg - Coral Reefs, 2017 - Springer
Globally, many temperate marine communities have experienced significant temperature
increases over recent decades in the form of gradual warming and heatwaves. As a result …

Empirically derived thermal thresholds of four coral species along the Red Sea using a portable and standardized experimental approach

NR Evensen, CR Voolstra, M Fine, G Perna… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Global warming is causing an unprecedented loss of species and habitats worldwide. This is
particularly apparent for tropical coral reefs, with an increasing number of reefs experiencing …

The effect of thermal history on the susceptibility of reef-building corals to thermal stress

R Middlebrook, O Hoegh-Guldberg… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.biologists.com
The mutualistic relationship between corals and their unicellular dinoflagellate symbionts
(Symbiodinium sp.) is a fundamental component within the ecology of coral reefs. Thermal …

Standardized Methods to Assess the Impacts of Thermal Stress on Coral Reef Marine Life

CR Voolstra, R Alderdice, L Colin… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Earth's oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the excess, climate change–induced
atmospheric heat. The resulting rise in oceanic temperatures affects all species and can …

Expression plasticity regulates intraspecific variation in the acclimatization potential of a reef-building coral

C Drury, J Dilworth, E Majerová, C Caruso… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Phenotypic plasticity is an important ecological and evolutionary response for organisms
experiencing environmental change, but the ubiquity of this capacity within coral species …