Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

CR Voolstra, DJ Suggett, RS Peixoto… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of coral reef under changing climate: a scientometric review

CS Thirukanthan, MN Azra, F Lananan, G Sara'… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Coral reefs are vital ecosystems with high biodiversity and ecological
services for coastal communities. Climate change is accelerating, with detrimental …

Fast and pervasive transcriptomic resilience and acclimation of extremely heat-tolerant coral holobionts from the northern Red Sea

R Savary, DJ Barshis, CR Voolstra… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Corals from the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba exhibit extreme thermal tolerance. To
examine the underlying gene expression dynamics, we exposed Stylophora pistillata from …

Contrasting heat stress response patterns of coral holobionts across the Red Sea suggest distinct mechanisms of thermal tolerance

CR Voolstra, JJ Valenzuela, S Turkarslan… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Corals from the northern Red Sea, in particular the Gulf of Aqaba (GoA), have exceptionally
high bleaching thresholds approaching> 5℃ above their maximum monthly mean (MMM) …

[HTML][HTML] Deoxygenation lowers the thermal threshold of coral bleaching

R Alderdice, G Perna, A Cárdenas, BCC Hume… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Exposure to deoxygenation from climate warming and pollution is emerging as a
contributing factor of coral bleaching and mortality. However, the combined effects of heating …

Census of heat tolerance among Florida's threatened staghorn corals finds resilient individuals throughout existing nursery populations

R Cunning, KE Parker… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The rapid loss of reef-building corals owing to ocean warming is driving the development of
interventions such as coral propagation and restoration, selective breeding and assisted …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Disparate population and holobiont structure of pocilloporid corals across the Red Sea gradient demonstrate species‐specific evolutionary trajectories

C Buitrago‐López, A Cárdenas, BCC Hume… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global habitat degradation heightens the need to better understand patterns of genetic
connectivity and diversity of marine biota across geographical ranges to guide conservation …

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 …