Microplastics in the coral ecosystems: A threat which needs more global attention

T Biswas, SC Pal, A Saha, D Ruidas, M Shit… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are one of the leading pollutants on the earth's surface and are found
almost everywhere, including in aquatic environments. Microplastic pollution (MPP) on the …

Increasing hypoxia on global coral reefs under ocean warming

AK Pezner, TA Courtney, HC Barkley, WC Chou… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Ocean deoxygenation is predicted to threaten marine ecosystems globally. However, current
and future oxygen concentrations and the occurrence of hypoxic events on coral reefs …

The coral bleaching automated stress system (CBASS): a low‐cost, portable system for standardized empirical assessments of coral thermal limits

NR Evensen, KE Parker, TA Oliver… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean warming is increasingly affecting marine ecosystems across the globe. Reef‐building
corals are particularly affected by warming, with mass bleaching events increasing in …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term heat stress assays resolve effects of host strain, repeat stress, and bacterial inoculation on Aiptasia thermal tolerance phenotypes

M Dörr, J Denger, CS Maier, JV Kirsch, H Manns… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
The ongoing loss of corals and their reef ecosystems hastens the need to develop
approaches that mitigate the impacts of climate change. Given the strong reliance of corals …

[HTML][HTML] High temporal resolution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dynamics during heat stress does not support a causative role in coral bleaching

M Schlotheuber, CR Voolstra, D de Beer, EF Camp… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Human-induced climate change is causing ocean warming that triggers the breakdown of
the coral–algal symbiosis. The proximate cause of this phenomenon, known as coral …

[HTML][HTML] Caribbean scleractinian corals exhibit highly variable tolerances to acute hypoxia

E Pontes, C Langdon, FA Al-Horani - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Climate change, and the increase in sea surface temperature, is exacerbating
ocean deoxygenation because of the inherent property of seawater to sequester less …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological responses of Pocillopora corals to upwelling events in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

AL Castrillón-Cifuentes, FA Zapata… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Upwelling events can change the sea water conditions within few hours during several
months on a seasonal regimen. These events are predicted to intensify due to climate …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide analysis to uncover how Pocillopora acuta survives the challenging intertidal environment

RC Poquita-Du, D Huang, PA Todd - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Characterisation of genomic variation among corals can help uncover variants underlying
trait differences and contribute towards genotype prioritisation in coastal restoration projects …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin signaling and pharmacology in humans and in corals

MHS Murthy, P Jasbi, W Lowe, L Kumar… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Once thought to be a unique capability of the Langerhans islets in the pancreas of
mammals, insulin (INS) signaling is now recognized as an evolutionarily ancient function …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding nitrogen dynamics in coral holobionts: comprehensive review of processes, advancements, gaps, and future directions

M Li, HX Sheng, M Dai, SJ Kao - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are known for being highly productive ecosystems in oligotrophic oceans, which
is commonly referred to as the Darwin's Paradox. Nitrogen is an essential component of …