The future of coral reefs subject to rapid climate change: lessons from natural extreme environments
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 …
coral reef health. In vitro experiments have been fundamental in providing insight into how …
The critical importance of Old World fruit bats for healthy ecosystems and economies
Despite extensive documentation of the ecological and economic importance of Old World
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …
Land use impacts on coral reef health: A ridge-to-reef perspective
Over 60% of the world's reefs experience damage from local activities such as overfishing,
coastal development, and watershed pollution. Land-based sources of pollution are a critical …
coastal development, and watershed pollution. Land-based sources of pollution are a critical …
Ocean acidification refugia in variable environments
L Kapsenberg, T Cyronak - Global Change Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change refugia in the terrestrial biosphere are areas where species are protected
from global environmental change and arise from natural heterogeneity in landscapes and …
from global environmental change and arise from natural heterogeneity in landscapes and …
[HTML][HTML] Corals at the edge of environmental limits: A new conceptual framework to re-define marginal and extreme coral communities
The worldwide decline of coral reefs has renewed interest in coral communities at the edge
of environmental limits because they have the potential to serve as resilience hotspots and …
of environmental limits because they have the potential to serve as resilience hotspots and …
[HTML][HTML] Synergistic benefits of conserving land-sea ecosystems
Mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs interact in tropical regions throughout the world.
These ecosystems exhibit strong synergies, as the health of each ecosystem supports the …
These ecosystems exhibit strong synergies, as the health of each ecosystem supports the …
The role of natural variability in shaping the response of coral reef organisms to climate change
Abstract Purpose of Review We investigate whether regimes of greater daily variability in
temperature or pH result in greater tolerance to ocean warming and acidification in key reef …
temperature or pH result in greater tolerance to ocean warming and acidification in key reef …
Mangrove lagoons of the Great Barrier Reef support coral populations persisting under extreme environmental conditions
EF Camp, J Edmondson, A Doheny, J Rumney… - Marine Ecology …, 2019 - int-res.com
Global degradation of coral reefs has increased the urgency of identifying stress-tolerant
coral populations, to enhance understanding of the biology driving stress tolerance, as well …
coral populations, to enhance understanding of the biology driving stress tolerance, as well …
[HTML][HTML] Lateral carbon fluxes and CO2 evasion from a subtropical mangrove-seagrass-coral continuum
Mangrove, seagrass, and coral habitats often lie adjacent to each other in the tropics and
subtropics. Lateral carbon fluxes and their consecutive effects on CO 2 dynamics and air …
subtropics. Lateral carbon fluxes and their consecutive effects on CO 2 dynamics and air …
Reef-building corals thrive within hot-acidified and deoxygenated waters
Coral reefs are deteriorating under climate change as oceans continue to warm and acidify
and thermal anomalies grow in frequency and intensity. In vitro experiments are widely used …
and thermal anomalies grow in frequency and intensity. In vitro experiments are widely used …