Energetic and reproductive costs of coral recovery in divergent bleaching responses

SE Leinbach, KE Speare, AM Rossin, DM Holstein… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mass thermal bleaching events are a primary threat to coral reefs, yet the sublethal impacts,
particularly on energetics and reproduction, are poorly characterized. Given that the …

[HTML][HTML] Depth-dependent mortality of reef corals following a severe bleaching event: implications for thermal refuges and population recovery

TCL Bridge, AS Hoey, SJ Campbell, E Muttaqin… - …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperature is a primary cause of coral reef
degradation. However, bleaching patterns often show significant spatial variability, therefore …

Abiotic and biotic controls on coral recovery 16 years after mass bleaching

JPW Robinson, SK Wilson, NAJ Graham - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
As climate changes increase heat stress on tropical ecosystems, the long-term persistence
of coral reefs requires rapid coral recovery following coral bleaching events. Using the …

Annual thermal stress increases a soft coral's susceptibility to bleaching

M Slattery, MS Pankey, MP Lesser - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Like scleractinian corals, soft corals contain photosymbionts (Family Symbiodiniaceae) that
provide energy for the host. Recent thermal events have resulted in soft coral bleaching in …

The legacy of stress: Coral bleaching impacts reproduction years later

EC Johnston, CWW Counsell, TL Sale… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The extent to which populations persist under environmental stress depends on the
reproductive output of individuals that survive the stress. In coral systems, corals bleach in …

Physiological and reproductive repercussions of consecutive summer bleaching events of the threatened Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata

J Fisch, C Drury, EK Towle, RN Winter, MW Miller - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
Thermal stress is a major contributor to loss of coral cover, significantly impacting reefs
during the third global bleaching event between 2014 and 2017. The long-term persistence …

Standardized short‐term acute heat stress assays resolve historical differences in coral thermotolerance across microhabitat reef sites

CR Voolstra, C Buitrago‐López, G Perna… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral bleaching is one of the main drivers of reef degradation. Most corals bleach and suffer
mortality at just 1–2° C above their maximum monthly mean temperatures, but some species …

Thermally variable, macrotidal reef habitats promote rapid recovery from mass coral bleaching

V Schoepf, MU Jung, MT McCulloch… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are severely threatened by climate change and recurrent mass bleaching
events, highlighting the need for a better understanding of the factors driving recovery and …

Coral bleaching susceptibility is predictive of subsequent mortality within but not between coral species

SB Matsuda, AS Huffmyer, EA Lenz… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Marine heat waves instigated by anthropogenic climate change are causing increasingly
frequent and severe coral bleaching events that often lead to widespread coral mortality …

Food availability promotes rapid recovery from thermal stress in a scleractinian coral

SR Connolly, MA Lopez-Yglesias, KRN Anthony - Coral reefs, 2012 - Springer
Bleaching in corals due to environmental stress represents a loss of energy intake often
leading to an increase in mortality risk. Successful coral recovery from severe bleaching …