[HTML][HTML] 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 …
Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world
Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse and economically important ecosystems in the
world, but they are rapidly degrading due to the effects of global climate change and local …
world, but they are rapidly degrading due to the effects of global climate change and local …
Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions
Our understanding of the response of reef‐building corals to changes in their physical
environment is largely based on laboratory experiments, analysis of long‐term field data …
environment is largely based on laboratory experiments, analysis of long‐term field data …
Gaining insights from past reefs to inform understanding of coral reef response to global climate change
JM Pandolfi, W Kiessling - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Coral reef response to past climate change is recorded in the fossil
record.•Responses include migration, adaptation and extinction.•Past reef crises were …
record.•Responses include migration, adaptation and extinction.•Past reef crises were …
Warm-water coral reefs and climate change
MD Spalding, BE Brown - Science, 2015 - science.org
Coral reefs are highly dynamic ecosystems that are regularly exposed to natural
perturbations. Human activities have increased the range, intensity, and frequency of …
perturbations. Human activities have increased the range, intensity, and frequency of …
[HTML][HTML] Present limits to heat-adaptability in corals and population-level responses to climate extremes
Climate change scenarios suggest an increase in tropical ocean temperature by 1–3° C by
2099, potentially killing many coral reefs. But Arabian/Persian Gulf corals already exist in …
2099, potentially killing many coral reefs. But Arabian/Persian Gulf corals already exist in …
[HTML][HTML] Climate change drives trait-shifts in coral reef communities
A Kubicek, B Breckling, O Hoegh-Guldberg… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Climate change is expected to have profound, partly unforeseeable effects on the
composition of functional traits of complex ecosystems, such as coral reefs, and some …
composition of functional traits of complex ecosystems, such as coral reefs, and some …
Decline of forereef corals in response to recent warming linked to history of thermal exposure
Rising ocean temperatures have reduced rates of coral calcification and increased rates of
coral mortality, thereby negatively impacting the health of coral reef ecosystems …
coral mortality, thereby negatively impacting the health of coral reef ecosystems …
Diverse coral communities in mangrove habitats suggest a novel refuge from climate change
Risk analyses indicate that more than 90% of the world's reefs will be threatened by climate
change and local anthropogenic impacts by the year 2030 under" business-as-usual" …
change and local anthropogenic impacts by the year 2030 under" business-as-usual" …
[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 …