Triggers, cascades, and endpoints: connecting the dots of coral bleaching mechanisms

J Helgoe, SK Davy, VM Weis… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis is the engine that underpins the success of
coral reefs, one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. However, the breakdown of …

Meta-analysis reveals less sensitivity of non-native animals than natives to extreme weather worldwide

S Gu, T Qi, JR Rohr, X Liu - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme weather events (EWEs; for example, heatwaves, cold spells, storms, floods and
droughts) and non-native species invasions are two major threats to global biodiversity and …

Marine ecological security shelter in China: Concept, policy framework, mechanism and implementation obstacles

J Bai, Y Yan, Y Cao, Y Cui, IS Chang, J Wu - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Building a marine ecological security shelter (MESS) has become the main strategy to adapt
marine ecological threats in China. As China's marine policy lacks a robust framework …

The interactive impacts of a constant reef stressor, ultraviolet radiation, with environmental stressors on coral physiology

AT Downie, RL Cramp, CE Franklin - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Reef-building corals create one of the most biodiverse and economically important
ecosystems on the planet. Unfortunately, global coral reef ecosystems experience threats …

Metabolic prioritization of fish in hypoxic waters: an integrative modeling approach

E Duskey - Frontiers in marine science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine hypoxia has had major consequences for both economically and ecologically critical
fish species around the world. As hypoxic regions continue to grow in severity and extent …

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 …

Characterizing Reef Net Metabolism Via the Diel Co‐Variation of pH and Dissolved Oxygen From High Resolution in Situ Sensors

SE Cryer, C Evans, SE Fowell… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are subject to degradation by multiple environmental stressors which are
predicted to intensify. Stress can alter ecosystem composition, with shifts from hard coral to …

[HTML][HTML] Bottom water hypoxia suppresses fish chorusing in estuaries

JJ Luczkovich, MW Sprague, HW Paerl - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Hypoxia in coastal ecosystems is increasing as a result of water quality declines from
nutrient pollution. Hypoxia negatively affects fish populations and marine life, limiting their …

Can Oxygen Utilization Rate Be Used to Track the Long‐Term Changes of Aerobic Respiration in the Mesopelagic Atlantic Ocean?

H Guo, I Kriest, A Oschlies… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying changes in oceanic aerobic respiration is essential for understanding marine
deoxygenation. Here we use an Earth system model to investigate if and to what extent …

Effects of ocean acidification on growth and photophysiology of two tropical reef macroalgae

HN Page, S McCoy, RGM Spencer, KA Burnham… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Macroalgae can modify coral reef community structure and ecosystem function through a
variety of mechanisms, including mediation of biogeochemistry through photosynthesis and …