Understanding how tropical corals respond to temperatures is important to evaluating their
capacity to persist in a warmer future. We studied the common Pacific coral Pocillopora over …

Temperature drives biological responses that scale from the cellular to ecosystem levels and
thermal sensitivity will shape organismal functions and population dynamics as the world …

Thermal performance curves describe the relationship between temperature and the rate of
biological processes. These relationships can vary among species and environments …

Temperate organisms are generally exposed to a more variable and cooler climate than
tropical organisms, and are therefore expected to have broader thermal tolerance and a …

Species have evolved different mechanisms to cope with spatial and temporal temperature
variability. Species with broad geographical distributions may be thermal generalists that …

In reef corals, much research has focused on the capacity of corals to acclimatize and/or
adapt to different thermal environments, but the majority of work has focused on distinctions …

Recent work has found that pocilloporid corals from regions characterized by unstable
temperatures, such as those exposed to periodic upwelling, display a remarkable degree of …

Temperature is a key driver of metabolic rates. So far, we know little about potential
physiological adjustments of subtropical corals to seasonal temperature changes (> 8° C) …

Given the threat of climate change towards scleractinian corals, there is an urgent need to
understand their physiological mechanisms of acclimation to increasing temperatures. To …

Reef-forming corals are under threat globally from climate change, leading to changes in
sea temperatures with both hot and cold events recorded and projected to increase in …