Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMC): proposed mechanisms for coral health and resilience

RS Peixoto, PM Rosado, DCA Leite… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The symbiotic association between the coral animal and its endosymbiotic dinoflagellate
partner Symbiodinium is central to the success of corals. However, an array of other …

Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

G Torda, JM Donelson, M Aranda, DJ Barshis… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
Pivotal to projecting the fate of coral reefs is the capacity of reef-building corals to
acclimatize and adapt to climate change. Transgenerational plasticity may enable some …

SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next‐generation sequencing ITS2 profiling

BCC Hume, EG Smith, M Ziegler… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present SymPortal (SymPortal. org), a novel analytical framework and platform
for genetically resolving the algal symbionts of reef corals using next‐generation …

Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming

EJ Howells, D Abrego, YJ Liew, JA Burt, E Meyer… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Reef-building corals thriving in extreme thermal environments may provide genetic variation
that can assist the evolution of populations to rapid climate warming. However, the feasibility …

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 …

Sexual production of corals for reef restoration in the Anthropocene

CJ Randall, AP Negri, KM Quigley, T Foster… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Coral-reef ecosystems are experiencing frequent and severe disturbance events that are
reducing global coral abundance and potentially overwhelming the natural capacity for reefs …

Coral bleaching patterns are the outcome of complex biological and environmental networking

DJ Suggett, DJ Smith - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Continued declines in coral reef health over the past three decades have been punctuated
by severe mass coral bleaching‐induced mortality events that have grown in intensity and …

Thermal refugia against coral bleaching throughout the northern Red Sea

EO Osman, DJ Smith, M Ziegler, B Kürten… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical reefs have been impacted by thermal anomalies caused by global warming that
induced coral bleaching and mortality events globally. However, there have only been very …

Deep reefs are not universal refuges: reseeding potential varies among coral species

P Bongaerts, C Riginos, R Brunner, N Englebert… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Deep coral reefs (that is, mesophotic coral ecosystems) can act as refuges against major
disturbances affecting shallow reefs. It has been proposed that, through the provision of …

Coral reef population genomics in an age of global change

ML Pinsky, RD Clark, JT Bos - Annual Review of Genetics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Coral reefs are both exceptionally biodiverse and threatened by climate change and other
human activities. Here, we review population genomic processes in coral reef taxa and their …